BORN AND RAISED IN VENEZUELA, YOSUZI, WHICH MEANS “CACTUS FLOWER” IN THE GUAJIRO NATIVE DIALECT, SPENT HER CHILDHOOD IMMERSED IN THE TRADITIONAL CEREMONIES, STORIES AND ARTISANAL CRAFTS OF HER ANCESTRAL GUAJIRO HERITAGE. STORIES OF HER GREAT GRANDFATHER, CHIEF YAJAIRA, AND OF HER GRANDMOTHER, FLOR EMMANUEL, WINNER OF THE FIRST MISS VENEZUELA COMPETITION IN 1946, INSTILLED IN YOSUZI A STRONG EMOTIONAL TIE TO HER NATIVE ROOTS.