Kai Pacha is a social entrepreneur based in Córdoba, Argentina, where she runs a natural reserve that protects pumas and helps ranchers coexist with them. Ashoka’s Alexandra Mitjans caught up with Kai to hear what she has learned from living closely with pumas and what we can all learn about being human in a non-human world.
Alexandra Mitjans: Let’s start with a fundamental question. Who is Kai Pacha? What turned you into the changemaker you are today?
Kai Pacha: One key event in my life comes to mind. I was living on a reserve with animals that we had rescued from captivity. One night a devastating