Cielo wants to become a professional journalist, and also a filmmaker whose stories help to build a fairer and more egalitarian Peru. She is aware that there are still many victims and recognizes that there is much work to be done, but she also knows that as Champ there is no limit to her potential, because it goes beyond the sky.
When Cielo was 7 years old, she was a victim of racism at her school. Today, she leads a promising action to end this problem in Peru. Cielo is a 14 years old peruvian teenager who was born and raised in Piura, a city in northern Peru, along with her parents and her three younger brothers. For six years, she has been a beneficiary of the Peru Champs scholarship, which allows her to access a quality education and strengthen her leadership skills.
Cielo has been carrying out an important action against one of the biggest problems in the country: racism. Her case, and the beginning of her fight, have been recorded in the book "Mancha Brava-Colegialas", by the writer and journalist Antonio Orjeda, which compiles the stories of 10 peruvian girls who seek to break gender stereotypes and lead the change of the country.
She stands out how the workshops and conferences, in which she has participated since her first day as Champ, have awakened her desire not to sit idly by and change the situation of racism in Peru. Peru Champs scholarships provide the opportunity for low-income children to become leaders of the future through their high quality elementary and high school education. We work in fifteen cities across the country, a scope that will allow us to generate real change in Peru.
