OUR TEAM
Meet our dynamic team on the ground in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala!
Vilma Mendoza
General Director
Vilma Mendoza is a social worker who graduated from the Mariano Gálvez University in Sololá. She has been familiar with Pueblo a Pueblo's work since May 2011 when she began her internship at the university. She has been an assistant in the maternal and child health project, health program manager and office administrator.
Since August 2022, she has been promoted to General Director because of her dedication and commitment to the communities.
She likes social field work, she is the seventh daughter of 9 siblings, she likes commerce and agriculture as her family are farmers and traders, she has a local traditional clothing store and casual clothing.
Rebeca Sosof
Health and Edutation Program Manager
Rebeca was born in Santiago Atitlán, is 34 years old, married and has a 1 year old daughter. Since 2015 she started her relationship with Pueblo a Pueblo as an assistant in the Maternal and Child Health project.
Currently she is the coordinator of our Health and Education programs, she works planning, training and following up on the projects of each program. For her, the changes have been a learning process in which she believes she has generated work and personal experiences, she is improving every day in helping each other.
In her free time she dedicates herself to her daughter and family.
Hony Julaju
Sustainable Livelihoods Coordinator
Hony is our Sustainable Livelihoods program coordinator, he was born in San Lucas Tolimán, is 37 years old, married and has two daughters under 10 years old. Since 2012 he began his relationship with Pueblo a Pueblo as an educator for the school garden project, currently he is in charge of coordinating the activities of the Beekeeping Youth Leadership Project. Hony enjoys working in the field, especially in agriculture and beekeeping. She has a small honey production business and sometimes runs a meliponicario in San Lucas Tolimán with her partner.