Our Team

Vicki HorsfieldExecutive Director

Vicki manages programs, events, external communications, financial operations, and our organizational registration in Canada and in the US. She also teaches our staff English classes and supervises our interns.

William GarciaAssistant Director

William takes on our human resources needs, assists in program development, and oversees our organizational registration in Guatemala. He manages our facility in San Antonio Aguas Calientes and oversees repairs and renovations so that our organization can continue to grow. He also leads our welding program and construction skills program.

Egidia Pérez LópezTeacher

Egidia runs our after-school program for grade 4 through high school. She helps students with their homework, internet research, writing skills and studying for exams. When volunteers come, she oversees art classes, games, and music classes. And she gives tours in English to visitors to our program. She loves helping her students with their homework to help them advance in their education.

Rosa MagdaletyTeacher

Rosa is our preschool teacher here at Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans. She helps students master numbers, the alphabet, and vowels. In the afternoons she teaches grades 1-3, helping them with their homework and reinforcing their mathematics. Rosa loves teaching our young students!

Cecilia TelónAccountant and Assistant to the Executive Director

Cecilia is our in-house accountant and keeps our finances on track. As assistant to the Executive Director, she takes care of a myriad of details. She also coordinates our Women's Reproductive Health Program. Cecilia was sponsored through Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans to attend a high school specializing in accounting. She is an example of how sponsorship leads to a dignified job with a decent salary.

Jessica Zamora HernándezLibrarian

Jessica leads reading activities with students of all ages in our program and in our community to increase their love of reading. She teaches reading and writing to illiterate adults, and helps younger students reinforce their reading skills. In addition to helping students easily locate books at their reading level, at the same time she also teaches them how to care for books. She loves working with children and being a mentor to our students.

Julio CastellanosEnglish Program Coordinator

Julio assists our wonderful volunteer English teachers and keeps our English curriculum on track. He teaches all levels of English when we have no volunteers. His enthusiasm and cheerful personality are an asset to helping our students advance in their English language abilities. He enjoys helping others and participating in our social work projects with our families and children.

Rosa López PérezNutrition Program Coordinator

Rosa leads workshops with mothers in the community to teach them about nutrition and healthy, balanced diets. She prepares the daily snack for our students and also facilitates our dental care program. The best part of her job, she says, is getting to cook and create new healthy snacks.