Tree of life was founded in 2008 by Todd Scottland and Patricia Vermeulen. Patricia Vermeulen has been working with animals for over 9 years in Costa Rica and before with Chimpanzees in Sierra Leone, Africa.
Todd Scottland has been in Cahuita since 1973 working with Hersheys chocolate upon arriving, and then becoming an exporter of Tropical ornamentals to the USA, Japan, and Europe.