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San Vicente is a village at about 8,000 feet above sea level in the Ecuadorian Andes
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Prof. Gustavo Guizado is our on-the-ground field school coordinator and guide in San Vicente
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The main San Vicente Church
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In his first visit with the class, Prof. Gustavo started by taking us up the road into the center of the village
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In September-October, people in San Vicente harvest corn in the dry stage and prepare it for storage or sale
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After harvesting it, the corn grains have to be picked off the cob and laid out in the sun to dry more
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Winnowed corn: The grains also have to be winnowed
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San Jacinto church
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Caitlyn Crowel thanking the church caretaker
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Cristian Barragán
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Jorge Morocho left school at age twelve to help his family work the land
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Don Jorge sprays a herbicide to prepare the land for planting corn
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Alberto Michuy and Mercedes Vega's children recently threw them a surprise partly to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary
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Senora Carmen, a neighbor of Prof. Lyons' in-laws, raised six children as a single mother
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Rue (the taller, blueish plant) and aloe
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Maruja Monar