Our Team

Rachel Fiske

Founder and Director

Originally from Portland, Oregon, Rachel graduated with a degree in Women’s Studies and Social Work. Working for many years in the nonprofit world in Oregon, San Francisco, and New York, her passion for social justice in healthcare continued to grow as she saw so many inequities both at home and abroad. This led her to study holistic nutrition in Berkeley, California, and start a nutrition practice in the Bay Area. Rachel worked as the Latina Program Coordinator with the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic in Oakland, CA, an incredible organization offering free complementary medical modalities to low income women with cancer. She went on to work as the Programs Director for Natural Doctors International in Nicaragua, a nonprofit clinic providing integrative medicine free of charge to the underserved communities of Ometepe, Nicaragua.

Now, Rachel resides on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, and is proud to have birthed her baby (along with her other two real-life babies), Salud Para Todos Caribe. In her free time (wait, what’s that?) Rachel loves singing, poorly playing the guitar, hanging out with her family, and complaining about how hot it is in the jungle. She holds a masters degree in global public health, with a focus on integrating natural medicine into a public health framework, and is working on a second master’s degree in clinical nutrition at the National University of Natural Medicine.

Oel Decampos

President

Born and raised in Talamanca, Oel is a licensed psychologist from the UNA, certified facilitator of EMDR, tension and trauma releasing exercises, and is currently completing a certification for advanced formation in accompanying postnatal death and grief. Oel has been an integral part of bringing our mental health services to fruition, and he holds a deep understanding of mental and emotional challenges and social and behavioral determinants of health specific to this region of Costa Rica.

Catalina Puig

Vice President

Catalina, born in Spain and raised between cultures, graduated from Barcelona College of Chiropractic. With a passion for serving under-resourced and marginalized communities, Catalina’s has worked with Sikh communities in India, mentored under Pina Palmera in Mexico, and now practices Chiropractic out of Puerto Viejo, Costa Roca. She is dedicated to furthering equity in healthcare and thrilled to on the Salud Para Todos Caribe board.

Joselyn Agüero

Secretary

Born in Alajuela, Joselyn holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the National University of Costa Rica, an MSc in Community Social Psychology from the University of Costa Rica, and is a storyteller trained at the school of her beloved grandfather! A lover of songs and community work. She has experience working with children and Indigenous peoples from different parts of the country.

Graciela Vargas

Treasurer

Graciela is a Costa Rican medical doctor who grew up in a rural area of the South Pacific region. She completed her medical studies in 2003, focusing on public health and preventive medicine throughout her career. Now having lived on the Caribbean coast for 14 years, Graciela has worked closely with vulnerable women and Indigenous communities, promoting menstrual health, general wellness, and building trust between patients and healthcare providers.

Rebecca Turecky

Vocal

Dr. Rebecca Turecky, C.N.M., N.D. is a Costa Rican–U.S. dual citizen with over 35 years of experience in women’s health and midwifery. She holds degrees from the University of California, University of Colorado, Frontier School of Midwifery, and the University of Costa Rica, and is licensed in both countries. Based in Turrialba, Costa Rica, she has attended over 1,000 natural births as one of the country’s few independent home birth midwives.Rebecca co-founded Mamasol in 2000, a nonprofit promoting respectful, holistic childbirth and advocating against obstetric violence. Mamasol has trained over 250 doulas and worked closely with universities, the public health system, and policymakers to advance maternal health and human rights in childbirth.

Amanda Merkx

Associate

Amanda is a MSc. Naturopath and holistic health care practitioner, with 12 years living on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. She has worked as an environmental and health educator at high schools and elementary with social programs and is passionate about bridging people with local plants and their innate capacity to heal. She has worked in several community garden initiatives and volunteered at Afro-Caribbean ethnobotany conferences. She is interested in supporting the remembrance of ancestral healing practices and creating holistic options for health care for all peoples.

José Serrano

Fiscal

A Limon native, Dr. Jose Serrano is a Costa Rica medical doctor with a passion for and extensive training in a wide array of natural modalities. A doctor of surgical medicine from the UIA, Dr. Jose also holds a master’s degree in natural and biological medicine, a certification in floral therapy, biomagnetism, auriculotherapy Iridology, homeopathy and natural cosmetics technician. Dr. Jose is currently working on another Master’s degree in psychology and studying integrative approaches to liver health and gynecology.