Our Context
Preparing to make potaje.
The world and its story
The world is in an evolving process of profound change, moving through deep processes of transformation. It carries a complex story — one of oppression through colonialism, and, at the same time, of multiple civilizations expressing their greatness through knowledge and art. The world is no longer what it was — it is becoming. It is in-between. Within this movement of in-between individuals, organizations and community all have their momentum of change, reimagining who they can become.
Ymasumac’s grandparents adobe home on their ancestral lands in Bolivia.
Collecting firewood in Chuquisaca, Bolivia.
"Memory, unlike history, is a vibrant and dynamic undertaking which is enacted in everyday life and transformed into epistemic practice." - Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
Creating a Natural State of Learning
With all this complexity and disruption comes a natural state of learning — caused by a continual shift in perception, created by the constant stream of information we receive from each other, from media, and, for the very intuitive, simply a feeling of "change" in the world. The world is currently in its optimal state of learning, ready for something new. Old structures and belief systems built on coloniality no longer serve the needs of individuals and communities — they are ready to give way to new ideas and models of living and learning.
It is in this in-between that Limitless Learning Lab was born.
Our Purpose
Promise
and Mission
Our Purpose
Limitless Learning Lab exists to nurture a process of transformation in the age of expansiveness with individuals, organizations and communities through a humble lens of learning.
Our Vision
A world where many worlds fit, transformed through conscious empowerment and collaboration.
Our Mision
We create conditions for individual and collective healing to impact families, classrooms, schools, communities and the world towards cultures of authenticity & awareness.
Our Values
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We recognize that we are part of a whole, that means we all bring something to contribute. Humility asks us to remember to make room for others and their contributions.
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We are infused with that spirit energy that infuse all living beings. This spirit gives life and keeps us close to the sacred. Engaging with spirit means to engage with the sacred.
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Everything begins in the nexus of love, that powerful force that opens up new realities, aids in letting go, and reminds us of our nobility.
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The desire to transform moves with honesty that seeks transparency. Hope creates a willingness to explore those things that might make us uncomfortable, so that we might root out that which no longer serves us.
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If we cannot imagine a different reality, we succumb to the drudgery of life. Hope lifts up our vision for something greater to work towards.
A Few Words from the Founder
My story begins with a name — Ymasumac, from my father's Quechua Indigenous roots in Bolivia. My mother's ancestors were among the early Pilgrims of New England. I grew up in a small Mayan community in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico — sitting at the nexus of these ancestries, strengthening my relationship with my Indigeneity and Latinidad. I live Entre Mundos — literally, between worlds — and have spent my life turning that threshold into a methodology, a way of being.
I am a transdisciplinary scholar, writer, educator, and keeper of intuitive healing spaces. My work moves between academia and the grassroots — through research, writing, and Root Work with schools, districts, individuals and communities — always returning to one question: How do we learn to live and create when standing in-between?
Limitless Learning Lab was born from that question — and from a life lived in the in-between.
Ymasumac’s website
Ymasumac’s Curriculum Vitae