Rosin, a scientist who came from NASA
An American lady, who arrived in the Valley of Longevity a year ago, is hoping to bring together 20 world leaders to get their commitment in the conservation of the area and to stop arms in space.

She visited many places looking for the right spot to bring together 20 world leaders in support of nature conservation, ecology and peace, she found it in the Valley of Vilcabamba, in the southernmost Province of Ecuador.

In this unique spot which remains ‘in a state of extreme purity’, as she says, Carol Rosin, ecological activist, infant psychologist and NASA space executive, bought Hostería Spa Madre Tierra, and is trying to make her dream reality, that these world leaders commit to two things – the first to maintain Vilcabamba as an ‘ecological paradise’ and the second to ‘not put arms in space, because this environment also should be conserved’ according to Rosin.

The dynamic and enthusiastic personality of this 61 year old lady with long, white hair, has had for the last 18 years the support of her husband Jon Cypher, US actor and opera singer, known in our country for his appearances in the TV series Dynasty.

She arrived in Vilcabamba for the first time one and a half years ago, and is now working in bringing people from her native California and other parts of the United States who are interested in working in her project. She already achieved this with the astronaut and investigator Bryan O’Leary and his wife who ‘felt an immediate connection with the area and decided to leave behind everything, now they work giving talks to the native people about the importance of conserving nature’ commented Rosin, as she smiled.

But Carol has not cut all ties with her country, since she works as the president of the Institute for Cooperation in Space (ICIS), and while in Ecuador is trying to form a children’s ecological organization. ‘They are the best way to get through to adults, they are the future, they think in different ways.’ Carol says that she doesn’t regret not having children. ‘There are millions of orphans in the world, if one day I decide to have children, I will adopt. I believe I am the mother of all children and all plants and animals, some way or another I feel like that. When I look in the mirror I see on the outside a body of an American woman and on the inside the body of a native from Vilcabamba, very Ecuadorian.’

The goals of this blue eyed lady aren’t just dreams, her intention is to demonstrate, and through her hotel, eco-tourism represents much more income, more jobs and more benefits for the employer ‘than to build a luxury hotel whilst destroying the natural areas’ she comments in her own language, of which she has yet to leave behind, needing the help of Silvia Campoverde, the hotel manager, to interpret for her.

‘I want to work with universities, ecological professionals and even with the Ecuadorian President to make this a better country. As I live here in the Valley of Longevity I will have 125 years to achieve it’ comments Rosin.