Limitless Horizons Ixil

This summer, we were delighted to welcome advisory board member Carlos Perez Brito, his wife Reiko, and their children Hana and Santi, to Colegio Horizontes! Originally from Nebaj and now living in Singapore, Carlos' visit was a wonderful way for the whole family to get involved with a cause close to home.

The family spent time with our leadership team and shared meaningful moments with students and staff throughout the week: Reiko led a Japanese writing activity with 10th graders, and Hana and Santi volunteered their time in the cafeteria, English classes, our school library, and the community library in town. They also shared their experiences growing up across five different countries with our 11th grade students, inspiring conversations about culture, identity, and global perspectives.

Thank you, Carlos, Reiko, Hana, and Santi, for your generosity, curiosity, and commitment to our work and the youth of Chajul. Volunteer time and energy are a reminder that education is built not only through classrooms and curriculum, but through relationships, shared experiences, and a community invested in young people’s futures.

✨ Hilce’s latest step toward her dream of becoming a chemical engineer!

Just last week, Hilce participated in a 5-day “Women in Engineering” immersion course at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala in Guatemala City — an opportunity she earned after applying with encouragement from her Colegio Horizontes Career Pathways Specialist, Keily.

Out of 135 applicants from across Guatemala, Hilce was selected to join this program exploring engineering through experiments, challenges, and hands-on learning alongside women leaders in STEM, including a Guatemalan engineer now working at MIT!

For Hilce, this was more than a week-long course — it was a chance to see herself in a space where women are innovating, leading, and shaping the future and is the latest step in her journey toward a career in chemical engineering, a dream that formed years ago behind a microscope at the Limitless Horizons Ixil Community Library and has grown through the mentorship, education, and opportunities she has received at Colegio Horizontes.

“Becoming a chemical engineer will be a great example to people in my community that women can do anything they set their minds to.”

Please join us today to take part in the real change taking root in Chajul in tangible and deeply human ways, one student, and one opportunity at a time and take advantage of our FINAL DAY of gift matching at: https://limitlesshorizonsixil.org/donate/

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