After enjoying a successful career as a fashion and advertising photographer in Los Angeles for over 15 years, Nancy felt that something was missing. She had an internal longing for more and was compelled to step out of her comfortable world in search of deeper meaning in her life.In 1999, Nancy made a trip to the Manu Biosphere Reserve and National Park, in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon. There, she found a connection to the people of an indigenous village – to their beauty – their hearts, and their vision of what the future looked like for their children and community. Nancy saw that access to clean water, and sanitation could fundamentally alter their vision. It could be a future they would define from a place of strength, holding fast to their environment, their traditions, and their culture. She also saw a need that resonated in her, something she wanted to direct her energy and talent toward, something she wanted to change for the better. It was on this trip that Nancy decided she would make this her life’s work, her calling. Upon returning to the US, she established Rainforest Flow.Since then, Nancy's leadership has successfully brought sustainable WASH programming to four indigenous villages, in the Manu Biosphere Reserve. Manu is hailed as one of the most biologically diverse places on earth and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. She is now working to replicate the proven model in a total of eight additional villages in Manu, creating the first regional WASH model in the Peruvian Amazon through a newly established Global Teaching, Training and Research Center. The model will then expand out to countries such as Brazil, Indonesia, and DR of Congo. The essence of her work is not only a functioning clean water source, or creating better hygiene and health — it is the building of a community that values, maintains, and benefits together from its existence in their village. Rainforest Flow is that structure that cares for life.