Jeff Firewalker Schmitt is an educator, folk healer, master ceremonialist, musician, and scientist. A university professor and social entrepreneur, he has more than 100 publications and patents to his name. He is a teacher of the healing arts of South America and the Andes. He has given nearly 200 invited presentations (including a TEDx talk and keynote at the Global Philosophy Forum) over the past 35 years. His passionate focus is personal and planetary healing and one of his greatest joys is sharing knowledge and wisdom.

Jeff has taught transformative workshops in the US and Europe for the past 25 years. He leads the Eagle Condor Council, one of the premier organizations focused on Andean Nature Mysticism. He has held full professorships at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Biochemistry, Physiology-Pharmacology, Integrative Medicine, and Translational Sciences. He founded and directed the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative at Wake Forest School of Medicine (now Wake forest Innovations). Until recently, he was director of research for the Center for Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest.