Helping villages in Guatemala, one nurse at a time, happens slowly. Very slowly. As in years. Ask a Mayan girl what she wishes to be when she grows up and she will tell you that her desire is to be a teacher. Teachers are often the only female professionals Mayan girls are exposed to, if…
In the interest of full disclosure, my heart is full for Lucia because, honestly, I see so much of myself in her. Mayan women typically marry young, therefore I am old enough to be this radiant girl’s grandmother. Nobody feels as old as they are, so in the defiance of denial, despite our age difference,…
Gladis is the first member of her family for at least two generations who will receive an education that starts at an appropriate age. She is a petite six year old and will be in parvulos this year (parvulos is a grade between kindergarten and first grade in Guatemala). Kindergarten in Guatemala is essentially nothing;…