Staff Members

El Nahual´s vision of education for social development would be impossible without the generous contribution provided by a group of principally foreign volunteers who donate their time and effort to the various projects. We have a constant turnover of volunteers and can have as many as twenty people working together at any one time. Despite the difficult nature of seeing people who have contributed so greatly leave the project to pursue alternative personal paths, we are always amazed by the new volunteers that arrive to take their place!

We do rely on a number of more permanent positions to ensure the overall administration of the centre. Details of the current full-time staff and previous volunteers who have devoted vast amounts of time to the project can be viewed below.

  • Jaime Maldonado

    Jaime founded the El Nahual project in 2005. Formely a philosophy teacher, he had always wanted to do something to help the kids of Pacaja (one of the poorest area s of Quetzaltenango ). His idea was simple: to provide educational help to the kids attending the public schools of the area. In 2005, with the help of his wife Betty, Jaime decided to quit his full time job and start El Nahual.

    He continues to work full-time at the school and dedicates an exceptional amount of time and effort to the program.