page_title: Reina Torres de Araúz
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Reina Torres de Araúz / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr Reina Torres de Arauz, panamanian anthropologist in the Trans Darien expedition in 1958 Español: Dra. Reina Torres de Araúz, destacada etnógrafa y antropóloga panameña en la expedición Trans-Darién en el año 1958
context_page_description: Reina Torres de Araúz was a prominent Panamanian anthropologist, ethnographer and professor. She is considered to be a "tireless defender" of Panamanian heritage ethnography.
context_section_description: She met Professor Amado Arauz in 1958 while conducting research on the native peoples in the Darién Province. They were married on 30 December 1959, and had three children. Soon after their marriage, they departed via the first crossing by car from Panama to Bogotá called "Trans-Darien Expedition" in which they spent four months and twenty days in the Darien and Choco jungles.
caption: De Araúz during the Trans-Darien expedition.
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