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Our Scholars

Below are brief profiles to allow you to get to know a few of our current scholars. Argentina, Odelia and Amilcar are only three of the nineteen scholars that Amigos de Patzún is supporting this year. Make a donation to help support these scholars this year and beyond.

Argentina Tzuquen Sanum

Argentina Tzuquen is a 15 year old girl, with a dream of becoming a nurse. She comes from a rural village in the Guatemalan highlands, where health services are scarce. There is one health post for a community of small villages to serve 5,000 people, and the health post is staffed by one nurse, who only comes once a month. Read More >>

Odelia Verónica Alonzo Tovar

If she had to choice one word to describe herself, Odelia says it would be ‘determined.’ Oldelia is one of Amigos de Patzún’s newest scholars, and at 16 years old, is returning to school after a five year hiatus. Read More >>

Amilcar Pansiez Miculax

Amilcar Panseiz comes from the village of Pachut. Pachut is the last village on the increasingly narrow road northeast of Patzún. He is Amigos De Patzún’s first scholar from Pachut, and as far as we know, the first student to finish sixth grade. Read More >>