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U.S. Staff and Volunteers

  Mark Ely is the executive director of Pura Vida. He handles all project selection, trip planning, accounting, software development, web design, and any other odds and ends that come up. He also oversees the selection and progress of our projects in Guatemala.  

 

 

  Lesly Ely is the director of Pura Vida's scholarship program. She also makes all in-country arrangements for work trips to Guatemala. Other responsibilities include the translation of all student and sponsor correspondence, and coordination with our Guatemalan project leaders.  
  Laura Richards is practically a full-time volunteer for Pura Vida. She coordinates the U.S. side of our work trips, coordinating group travel requirements. She also handles the U.S. side of our sponsor letter process. She and her husband Mike founded the HOPE Endowment with Pura Vida in 2012 as a mechanism to support more students at the university level.  
Guatemala Staff and Volunteers
  Amilcar Solorzano is the director of primary education at the John Wesley School. In addition to his work at the school, he assists Pura Vida with scholarship student selection.  

 

 

  Fausto Natareno is the director of secondary education at the John Wesley School. He also assists Pura Vida with scholarship student selection.  
  Cristy Argueta is our main scholarship program coordinator in Guatemala. She arranges all program details with our village leaders. Basically, she makes our programs a reality in Guatemala.  
  Juan Ixtan is our scholarship program leader for the village of Patulup. He is also a very active community leader who runs a clinic in the village. Juan is a lay pastor of the Guatemalan Methodist Church.  
 
  Miguel Ramos is our scholarship program leader for the village of Paquixic. Miguel is a lay pastor for the Guatemalan Methodist Church.  
 
  Sebastian Riquiac is our scholarship program leader for the village of Camanchaj. He also teaches the Bible course at the John Wesley School. Sebastian is a lay pastor for the Guatemalan Methodist Church.  
 
  Tomas Riquiac is our scholarship program leader for the village of Paxot. Tomas is a lay pastor for the Guatemalan Methodist Church.  
  Angel Salvador is our scholarship program leader for the villages of Pocohil and Chontala. Angel is a youth pastor for the Guatemalan Methodist Church in Pocohil.  
  
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