A head injury gave Ingrid amnesia. Then came the journey to rediscover her history

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Author Ingrid Rojas Contreras had become accustomed to the supernatural being a part of her everyday life.

Her grandfather was a curandero in Colombia, known for his ability to speak to the dead, provide healing through herbs, and move the clouds in the sky. Rojas Contreras grew up listening to stories about the people he had healed and the mystical things her family had witnessed.

Then, in her 20s, she suffered a head injury after getting hit by a car door while riding her bike. The fall left her with amnesia, and from there, she had to confront and relearn this unique part of her heritage, this time with a different perspective.

In her new memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, Rojas Contreras recounts that journey, her family's long and complicated history with the mystical, and an unlikely trip back to Colombia.

She joined All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro to share her story, and illuminate the journey she embarks upon in the book.