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Claudia Rosado Huerta Maestra

GwynF — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:59:55 +0000

Bachilleres II

Hector Cima

GwynF — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:58:36 +0000

Hector Cima was selected as a Fellow at age 29 while working in Felipe Carillo Puerto community health worker for Amigos de Sian Ka’an, the most important environmental NGO in Quintana Roo. With his Mayan language skills, trusted position in the community, and work at an environmental NGO, he has the ability to communicate important information to people who would otherwise not have access to such information. He also has the potential to make the linkages between population and environment issues real and tangible in the communities and organization in which he works. Today Hector is a preschool teacher in San Juan.

Escuela Vicente Guerrero, Comunidada San Juan.

Adriana Varillas

GwynF — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:57:44 +0000

Adriana Varillas was 28 when selected as a Summit Fellow and was a writer for the La Voz del Caribe newspaper, based in Cancun, with a circulation extending throughout the northern part of Quintana Roo. She specializes in writing about the environment, but also covers gender, human rights, politics, and other issues. She is intelligent, passionate and committed to social justice. Today, Adriana works as a reporter and correspondent for El Universal. She recently completed a Campus Tour with the Sierra Club, talking to students and young people in Ohio in 2007 and is currently editing an essay to be included in an upcoming anthology, The New Population Challenge.

El Universal