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Ariadna Lorena Coello Martinez es de México DF originalmente, pero lleva tres años viviendo en Cancún. Tiene 21 años y estudia psicología.
Durante el último año y medio Lorena ha trabajado con el Centro Humanista Integralde la Sexualidad para Adolescentes y Jóvenes (CHISPAS) en Cancún, donde ha aprendido sobre la salud sexual y reproductiva, apoyo político y monitoreo y evaluación, y también comunicación básica para que pueda ayudar a la organización con pláticas en la radio sobre temas como igualdad de géneros, métodos de contracepción y derechos sexuales.
Ha trabajado con SEEDSA en su promoción del preservativo femenino y ha participado en el desarrollo de un propuesto (que luego fue fundado por Summit) para desarrollar un centro de jóvenes en Cancún. Ahora que el centro de jóvenes ha recibido financiación, Lorena va a dar pláticas y formaciones sobre derechos de salud sexual y reproductiva a los jóvenes que visitan el centro y al personal que trabaja en el centro.
Recibió un certificado de formación del gobierno en el tema de violencia, está diseñando un curso de formación sobre la prevención de abuso sexual, especialmente para los niños y adolescentes. Lorena dice que GOJoven le ha ayudado en su carrera profesional y le ha ayudado a ser una colega y empleada más efectiva.
Mayra Garcia
Mayra Garcia was 26 years old when she became a Summit Fellow. She is a native of Quintana Roo and currently coordinates the recruitment and hiring of personnel at Xel-Ha, an eco-tourist water park near Tulum with over 500 employees. She began working at Xel-Ha four years ago as the supervisor of environmental education and was quickly promoted to a management position due to her initiative, interpersonal skills and other leadership qualities. She is a certified trainer within Xel-Ha, acting as the primary instructor of quality assurance and health services, and has been invited to be a trainer in the park’s new internal Drug Prevention Program. An active member of the park’s Gender Equity Committee, she often serves as a counselor to the young staff on personal issues, including sexual and reproductive health. Mayra is currently studying Hotel Management and hopes to someday be a professor in the area of humanities.
Hotel Barcelo Premium Beach Resort
Aide Ortiz
Aide Ortiz became a Summit Fellow at age 26. She is a social worker who has lived in Quintana Roo for 15 years. She has acted as a counselor for young people and their parents in Cancun through a municipal court-run service program for youth offenders. Aide oversaw the family planning and reproductive health program of the Mexican Institute for Social Security in peri-urban areas of Playa del Carmen for a few years prior to being based out of Cancun. In this capacity, she has supervised educators who make home visits to provide counseling and contraception to youth and families. Aide is committed to social change, and passionate about working to improve the sexual and reproductive health of the youth and women of Quintana Roo, Mexico. She received the Summit Educational Scholarship in 2007 and is now in the middle of completing her Master’s Degree in Psycology and Family Therapy at the Universidad del Mayab in Yucatán.
Marco Toh
Marco Toh became a Fellow at the age of 25. A native of Cozumel, he had spent a year coordinating the department of training for the Cozumel Human Rights Commission. In this position he conducted outreach and education in human rights, including sexual and reproductive rights, in the schools and communities of Cozumel. He has always shown a strong passion for sexuality and reproductive health, sharing his particular interest in looking at issues of sexual diversity and discrimination. He participated in GoJoven’s Training of Trainers program and has since become an accomplished trainer for the program as well as in his own work. He has a law degree and is self-taught in English. Marco has been promoted to the position of Training Coordinator, for the northern part of the state of Quintana Roo.
Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Estado de Q.R.
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