Diego is 22 years old and the second oldest of seven siblings in Pacanal 1, Sololà.  He began five-year program in Social Work at the University Panamericana.  Diego comes from a family of musicians who all play the marimba for special occasions throughout the region.  Diego`s father is also a Mayan Priest, one of the few people that continues to practice the several thousand-year-old Mayan traditions.