Family ties

In Mexico among thousands of butterflies

We joined Travis Gumbs, Cynthia Cervantes, and their son, Tenoch, as they explored the various terrains of Valle de Bravo, Mexico. In the Cervantes-Gumbs family, the gifts of nature are sacred, and gratitude is abundant for the opportunity to commune freely with Mother Earth.

For Travis and Cynthia, respect for nature starts with their family, and a deep desire to instill in their young son a profound understanding of the responsibility that all generations share in caring for the natural world. Just as the Monarch butterfly intuitively migrates over 3,000 miles each year to Central Mexico - scientists still can't tell us exactly why they do it - Cynthia and Travis believe it is important for them to help their son tune into his innate and ancestral instincts today.