Where We All Belong

Santiago was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, and came to the United States in his teens with his mother and brother, first living in the Boston area and then moving to California. He became interested in Buddhism and served on the staff at Vajrapani Institute in Boulder Creek, and then was one of the stewards for a tour of Buddhist relics throughout Latin America in México, Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. For the last twelve years, he has been engaged in indigenous spiritual traditions, taking part in retreats and ceremonies guided by traditional wisdom keepers. He currently lives in the Bay Area and works as an engineering technologist and is teaching himself robotics to be implemented at his work in a Silicon Valley technology company.