Silvia Anabelly Chex Quiná from San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango is 21 years old. In 2010 Silvia graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Comerciales in San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango with a degree in Accounting. Through the Kateri Tekakwitha Fund Silvia returned to her primary school, Centro Educativo Mixto Parroquial “Medalla Milagrosa”, a school that primarily serves indigenous students, to serve as an intern. Silvia is the youngest of her six siblings and she liv

In Guatemala: • 21.7% of girls, aged 16-19 years, are living in poverty (OECD), • Only 42% of women are employed in paid labor (and only 40.8% in Chimaltenango), • 15% of indigenous people are underemployed (World Bank), • An estimated .4 million of 10-19 year old girls earn less than $2 a day, and • 67.6% of working girls, aged 5-14 years, are unpaid family workers. Whereas for women who received funds from the Kateri Tekakwitha Fund five or more year