By Jeannie Balanda | Executive Director
Ingrid loves to study. Her mother, Clementina, a MayaWorks artisan, says that as soon as she gets home from school, Ingrid pulls out her notebooks to continue her school work. Her parents never had the chance to go to school so when they learned of a scholarship opportunity that would pay for Ingrid's education through college graduation, they knew they had to support her, eventough it meant she would move away from their village to live in Guatemala City.
Ingrid is only in thrid grade. Her parents have never traveled more than five miles out of their village so letting Ingrid move to the big city is an enormous leap of faith for her parents. After a long process of exams and home visits, Ingrid learned just before Christmas that she was chosen to receive the Boys Hope Girls Hope scholarship that would pay 100% of her tuition and room and board through college graduation.
Ingrid will move to Guatemala City where she will study at Esperanza Juvenil and live with other young scholarship recipients. It will be quite an adjustment for her but she is very excited inspite of her young age when most young girls would be afraid to leave their families. Ingrid knows this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and it gives her the opportunity to do what she most loves --study!
MayaWorks is grateful for the partnership with other NGOs that bring these opportunities to our artisan partners and their families.
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