Who is María Sabina? Mexican poet María Sabina (María Sabina Magdalena García) was born in 1894 in Huautla de Jiménez, a small town in a mountainous region of Oaxaca, Mexico. Like her grandfather and great-grandfather, María was a shamanic healer within her community of the Mazatec people. She played a pivotal role in spreading the indigenous people’s use and knowledge of...