JUAN FELIPE SANTAMARÍA MONSALVE

Country: Colombia

Juan Felipe’s life mission is to actively change young lives through the practice of juggling as a tool of social transformation. The aim of `juan’s urban and cultural teaching is to help instile core values and strong morale principles. To help achieve his goal he created a scouting program called “Equipo Base” with sponsorship from the company Esfera malabar. He is in charge of the “Juggling Day” in Bogota and produced a juggling DVD called “Third World Juggling.” Currently he is the coordinator and teacher of the juggling program in “DUNT”  `(Deportes Yurbanos y Nuevas Tendencias) which has been supported by the government of Colombia for the last 2 years.