Cultural Practitioner Profiles

Body Ornamentation

Julie “Jill” Quichocho Benavente is a traditional and contemporary CHamoru body ornamentation artist. Benavente has been creating and carving from local materials such as hima, spondylus, stone, cow bone, and wild boar tusks for over 15 years.

Rosalia “Mama Chai” Fejeran Mateo Torres has been a practicing yo’åmte (traditional healer) on the island of Guam for over 60 years.