Student Scholarships

Name: Manuela Tzep Lòpez

Education: Studying social work at University Panamericana

Goal: Develop a program that encourages young women to pursue an education. [read full bio]

Name: Diego Guachaj Chox

Education: Studying social work at University Galileo

Goal: Help people in his village learn Spanish so that they
can participate in the formal economic markets of the country. [read full bio]

Name: Manuel Lopez y Lopez

Education: Studying school administration at Galileo University

Goal: Become the first bilingual administrator of the high school in his region. [read full bio]

Name: Herlinda Guadalupe Cochojil Itcep

Education: Studying medicine at Mesoamericana University in Quetzaltenango

Goal: Open a clinic in her village in order to help prevent the current high rate of infant mortality and child illnesses. [read full bio]

Name: Catarina Mercedes Guarchaj Guarchaj

Education: Studying pedagogy at the University Mariano Galvez

Goal: Become a bilingual high school teacher and college counselor. [read full bio]

Name: Manuel Guarchaj Ixmata

Education: Studying law at the University Mariano Galvez

Goal: Provide access to legal services to indigenous people by being the only bilingual K'iche’/
Spanish attorney in his region. [read full bio]

Name: Pascual Can Chox

Education: Studying school administration at the University Mariano Galvez

Goal: Help open a new high school in his region so that impoverished indigneous youth have access to education. [read full bio]

Name: Micaela Florentina

Education: Studying teaching at the University Mariano Galvez

Goal: Become a high school teacher and encourage youth in her community to pursue higher education. [read full bio]

Name: Antonia López Tzep

Education: Studying pedagogy at the Mariano Galvez University

Goal: Become a bilingual high school teacher at the secondary school in her region. [read full bio]

Name: Miguel Lomberto Sohom

Education: Studying nursing at the University Mariano Galvez

Goal: Become the first K´iche´ speaking nurse at the clinic available in his village which is historically staffed by non-indigenous medical staff from the city. [read full bio]

Name: Pascual Esteban Rajpop Sac

Education: Studying pedagogy at the University Galileo

Goal: Become a bilingual high school teacher at the only secondary school in his region [read full bio]

Name: Dominga Guarchaj Lòpez

Education: Studying social work at University Panamericana

Goal: Develop a program that works with at-risk youth to prevent involvement in youth gangs. [read full bio]

Name: Dinora Xum Guarchaj

Education: Studying law at the University Rafael Landivar

Goal: Become the first woman and bilingual lawyer in her community in order to help women with domestic disputes [read full bio]

Name: Bartolo Simaj Cotiy

Education: Studying pedagogy at the University Panamericana

Goal: Become a bilingual high school teacher at the only secondary school in his region. [read full bio]

Name: Diego Tziquin Chox

Education: Studying social work at the University Panamericana

Goal: Work along side Roots & Wings, encouraging the youth in his community to study past
primary school. [read full bio]

Name: Cruz Tzep Can

Education: Studying at the high school, El Instituto La Asuncion

Goal: Continue on to university and become a high school teacher at the only school in his region. [read full bio]

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Name:Josefina Puac Hernandez

Education: Studying Medicine at University Mesoamericana

Goal: Become a community doctor because of the lack of access to medicine in her community. [read full bio]