Jocelyn Callos is a forest guardian and leader who hails from the indigenous community of Diteki in the municipality of San Luis, Aurora Province in the northeast Philippines. As a member of the Alta tribe, she grew up wandering through the thick forests of the central Sierra Madre mountains with her siblings, parents and grandparents. From the elders, she learned about traditional medicines from the wild and was astounded by the presence of spirits that looked after their forests. She has committed herself to protect their ancestral land and be able to assert their rights to manage their resources so the younger generations can continue to enjoy the benefits provided by the forests of her ancestral land.