The Ñustas (princesses) are young women from Salasaka—an indigenous community in the Ecuadorian Andes—who commit to preserving their ancestral knowledge, becoming an active link between humanity’s natural past and sustainable future. Here, one of the 2025 candidates walks towards the main event, Inti Raymi, with her Caballero (gentleman) and the sun of the summer solstice high above.