Sara "Madre Sarita" Macias Vasquez is an indigenous Mexican immigrant healer and teacher who carries on traditions of spiritual healing in Toltec, curanderismo, and other holistic native healing traditions. Raised by her Toltec grandparents, her grandfather was a community "shaman" in rural Jalisco, she became a wife and mother at 15 and had 13 children. She worked in and outside of the home, putting several of them through college. She describes herself as someone who does spiritual work, healing through her hands and prayers. She is recognized by thousands as gifted, presenting to audiences as diverse as UCSD physicians, and various-sized groups of followers throughout California, Tijuana, and Texas.