Born in 1975 and raised in Norwich, CT, he attended the Norwich Free Academy and Syracuse University where he earned a BA in anthropology and a BS in physics. Mason served in the Peace Corps Nepal from 1998-2000 where he taught math and English in secondary school. He has traveled to innumerable countries to cultivate and share his knowledge of music and folklore.

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Mason began working and studying with his teacher Doña Cristina in 2005. He has served numerous communities with her blessing since 2008. He has spent time immersed in the Shipibo communities of San Francisco de Yarinacocha and the Quechua community of Apu Ausangate, where he absorbed the knowledge, songs, traditions and ancient science which he now shares through his ministry.

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