Irma gets more teacher training: In her own words

A Culture of Reading Program teacher trainee talks with the Cooperative for Education about her life and her experiences with CORP. Irma Natalia Con Cuc knows how it feels to enter a classroom and not understand a word anyone says. Irma, a second grade teacher from...

Cindy Marroquín: Dreaming with Confidence

As we celebrate the focus on girls education thanks to Malala Day, Girl Rising, and other amazing efforts to educate girls around the world, we wanted to bring you the story of Cindy Marroquin, a girl excited about her education in Guatemala.   “I need three...

Why Jessica Orosco has Hope for a Bright Future

The sun is shining brightly over the courtyard of Colegio Mesías in San Marcos, Guatemala. The students, giddy with excitement, prepare to perform a traditional dance in front of the entire school, community, and volunteers from Cooperative for Education. Pine needles...

A Guatemalan father’s gratitude

With Father’s Day coming up this weekend we wanted to pass along what it means for a father in Guatemala to have your help in supporting his daughter’s education through a scholarship.  Manuel Antonio Bucú Ixjotop, father of Hilda Bucú Yucuté, now a...

Heydi Chancho: Leading by Example

How many girls play teacher when they are little? Assigning homework to stuffed animals and diligently grading fake exams, happily dreaming about a future when it all becomes reality. Heydi Chancho Sirin was no different. “I used to set sticks and sheets of paper in...