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Abya Yala Fund Newsletter
Spring
1999
AYF'S NEW CO-DIRECTOR,
VICTORIA GARCIA AJUCUM
The staff at Abya Yala Fund is thrilled to introduce Victoria García Ajucum as our
new Co-Director. We are inspired by the background and experience she brings to the
AYF. Victoria is Maya-K'iché from Totonicapán, Guatemala. She holds a degree in
Pedagogy and Education from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala, and one in
Sociology from the University of Louisville. Victoria is trilingual and she was a
teacher and principal of a Bilingual K'iché-Spanish elementary school in
Totonicapán, and has experience training rural elementary school teachers.
Victoria supervised a project of the Canadian Center for Studies and International
Cooperation in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. As Co-Director of AYF, Victoria will be
in charge of strengthening the ties with Indigenous people in South and Meso
America as well as participating in resource development. Victoria was sponsored by
the Mills College Womenıs Leadership Institute, which sponsors women community
leaders from all over the world. Victoria is one of six sisters and is an avid
handicraft artist. We are very glad to have her as a valuable addition to our
staff.
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