He is descended from the pre-Aztec indigenous people who have lived beneath the volcanoes of Citlaltépetl, Iztaccíhuatl, and Popocatépetl in the state of Puebla, Mexico, for centuries, and who speak Nahuatl, an ancient language spoken by Mexicans and Central Americans.
Just as ancient Andeans left the area that is now Peru to move northward and as ancient people also made their way to the Andes, so did cacao.
It was grown and adopted by ancient peoples from Mexico, Venezuela, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Honduras, and other Latin American countries.
Karla explained that, over time, cacao and the drinks they made with it came to have special meaning to the indigenous people.