Juan Carlos Pérez Vázquez

Juan Carlos is from Yajalón, Chiapas and has been working as a GPA Assistant Program Coordinator for GPA over the past three years. He has also been working with the midwife training program, as well as a Tzeltal translator for the organization for over ten years, a skill which involves not only using his training as a health technician, but also his ability to translate Western medical concepts and terminology into the vocabulary and cosmovision of the indigenous populations of the Highland Region of Chiapas. Juan Carlos received his degree as a Community Health Professional Technician from the National Education College. He also holds a degree in Management and Coordination of Social and Civil Organizations. He has participated in non-governmental organizations, coordinated popular education activities, midwifery training, among others.