Esperanza Juvenil meant a door to a world filled with opportunities where I could achieve what I had never dreamed of—going to university.
Luis was raised by his grandmother and uncle from a very young age. His grandmother is a seamstress and his uncle is a farmer who plants and sells pineapples. They both come from a village named El Jocotillo Villa Canales.
Luis managed to graduate from elementary school in his village and had the desire to continue studying, but his family did not have the resources to pay for middle school studies. So he started working in the mornings with his uncle by planting and selling pineapples, and in the evenings he went to school. Luis earned a scholarship from the Ministry of Education because of his good grades. The support helped him finish the public middle school.
Luis came to Esperanza Juvenil in 2005 and he says “Esperanza Juvenil meant a door to a world filled with opportunities where I could achieve what I had never dreamed of—going to university. I think these opportunities come once in a lifetime and if I hadn’t taken it, I wouldn’t have done what I have today, education for life, a professional career and a contribution to my family and society.”
Luis graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the University Rafael Landívar. Currently he works for a prestigious financial corporation as the Assistant of the Regional Manager.
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