About the founder
Behind Microcosmo is Azul Olive , a woman who has dedicated her life to caring for, creating, and solving fundamental problems. Her story combines creativity, community work, and a deep passion for nature-based health.
A life guided by curiosity
Originally from Colorado, Azul grew up with a strong need to understand the world on her own. From a young age, she became independent and learned to make difficult decisions, find solutions, and trust her intuition.
That same determination led her to New York, where she lived for 12 years and studied at Pratt Institute , a renowned design school. She got there not through the “traditional” route, but through her talent, creativity, and self-reliance—qualities the school recognized and supported.
Creativity, art and craft
Before dedicating herself fully to health and living biotechnology, Azul worked on very different creative projects: from collaborating with the Jim Henson Creature Shop to participating in initiatives linked to cultural spaces and community projects.
That entire journey honed his vision: understanding how worlds, characters, and narratives are constructed also taught him to build carefully crafted, coherent, and richly detailed experiences. Today, that precision is reflected in every stage of Microcosmo.
Guatemala:
community and living medicine
After New York, Azul spent nine years in Guatemala. There, her connection to the land and the communities became central.
In the village of Jaibalito , she started a community medicinal herb garden and gave away plants to those who needed them. She also organized projects with children for trash collection, where they cared for their environment and she thanked them with homemade cookies.
His work with animals and wildlife rescue was even documented by international media, showing a very clear facet of who he is: someone who doesn't just stand by and watch problems, but looks for ways to help.
Over time, she combined these community actions with her work as an online English tutor. That income was the foundation upon which, in 2019, she founded Microcosmo Guatemala .
Traditions of medicine and respect for science
Azul has studied and trained in various medical traditions:
- Western herbalism
- Healing practices with oils within the Ayurvedic tradition
- Encounters and learning experiences with medical practitioners from different indigenous communities in America and other regions of the world
Always with respect, listening, and the awareness that this knowledge is a living heritage of the communities that have preserved it for generations. Azul does not speak on behalf of any of these traditions; her role is to learn, honor, and apply what is hers to do with great responsibility.
At the same time, Azul recognizes the value of contemporary science: quality controls, process standardization, and rigorous care in production. For her, it's not about choosing between "traditional" or "modern," but about combining the best of both worlds.
At the same time, Azul recognizes the value of contemporary science: quality controls, process standardization, and rigorous care in production. For her, it's not about choosing between "traditional" or "modern," but about combining the best of both worlds.
Microcosm is born
Azul's true passion is solving problems . For years she witnessed firsthand how many people struggled with digestive and wellness issues without finding lasting solutions.
This is how he discovered that one of nature's most powerful tools had existed for centuries: living cultures of beneficial microorganisms. Microcosmo was born from this intuition and a very specific question:
How can we bring this living biotechnology into everyday life in a safe, stable, and accessible way?
Today, Microcosmo is the result of:
- Years of study in natural medicine and ancestral traditions
- The support of modern control and quality processes
- And a clear vision: to care for the human microbiome in a responsible, serious and deeply respectful way, in harmony with nature.
Blue today
Currently, Azul Olive lives in Mexico and divides her time between the factory, formulation work, and communication with communities and distributors.
She is still the same person who helped children clean up their community, rescued animals, and planted herb gardens: someone who believes that real well-being begins in small ecosystems—the gut, the community, the land—and that when we take care of them, everything else starts to fall into place.
Microcosmo is, in essence, the way he found to put all that experience at the service of people's daily health.
