Heather Alicia Knox

Heather is the co-founder of Project Somos, along with her husband, Greg Kemp. Heather founded Compassion Fruit Society in 2002 after spending time traveling and volunteering in India with her teenage daughter, Meg. Heather has committed the rest of her life to providing better opportunities to vulnerable children and their families.

Heather has worked as a doula, childbirth educator, infant massage instructor, homeschooling consultant, special events organizer, homeopath, entrepreneur and held many roles at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival (Volunteer Coordinator, Board Member, Community Development Manager, green room host, etc.). She is a photographer with a focus on documentary and portraitraiture. In recent years, Heather has taken up digital storytelling and feels honoured when she gets to help someone tell their personal stories. She is a lifelong learner who can always be found studying something.

Heather and Greg have rescued and found homes for over 25 dogs since moving to Guatemala in 2011. They have three brown dogs of their own; Janga, Olee and Xoxo. She loves preparing food for those she loves and she really enjoys cooking with children. In Latin America, Heather uses her middle name, Alicia, which is SO much easier for Spanish speakers to say than “Heather”.

Greg Kemp

Greg is the co-founder of Project Somos and in the past has worked as the Project Manager and the Executive Director. In his youth, Greg traveled extensively in the Americas and later established an export business from Mexico to Canada. He has had many successful professional chapters in his life, including; a silversmith, software sales / tech support, a Waldorf teacher, owner/operator of an organic farm, a construction and renovation business, and 35 years of non-profit experience.

With the Project Somos team, Greg transformed a rural acreage in the highlands of Guatemala into a vibrant children’s learning village with 14 eco-sustainable buildings, and an extensive organic farm with gardens, grain fields and orchards.