Jerónimo Calderón descends from Swiss farmers and the Aymara in Bolivia. He has been initiated as a Sariri, Aymara for "the one who walks", a millennial old sacred role serving the preservation and diffusion of ancestral wisdom traditions. In this role, he is exploring how to co-create the social technology needed for personal, collective and systems transformation, how to follow the lead of indigenous peoples in permanently protecting and regenerating 35 million hectares of Amazonian rainforest, and how to translate ancestral wisdom traditions to the "modern world.”

Jerónimo has been distinguished as Ashoka Fellow, as Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum, a Compassionate Leader of the Dalai Lama and as recipient of the ThinkPACT fellowship by the Swiss Business Council for Sustainable Development.