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Manuel Lopez y Lopez


Manuel is 24 and the youngest of eight siblings. He lives in Pasac, Sololá with his wife Gregoria and daughter Dulce Aurora. Manuel is currently working as a primary school teacher a two-and-a-half-hour walk from his home. His income goes to raising his family and helping his elderly parents who work in subsistence farming. Manuel is studying at Galileo University, earning a B.A. in School Administration. Manuel would like to be a bilingual administrator of the high school in his region. His parents have never received any schooling and Manuel is one of only two siblings that have studied past elementary school. (Meet more scholars...)

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