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Sueños started as an afterschool program in Antigua Guatemala for the children of street vendors, mostly migrant, indigenous families from rural regions.

Due to the pandemic, in which 95% of Sueños students didn’t have contact with a teacher, the program has blossomed into a small school, where we implement community-centered education.

This talk explores how Sueños has adapted its model in order to respond to the needs of the community, specifically through community-centered education.

We'll discuss what community-centered education looks like at Sueños from the bilingual, Spanish-Ki'che, classroom, to the Community Facilitators who implement programs, as well as the importance of parent participation.

Katie Korsyn is the founder and Executive Director of Sueños. She received her bachelor's degree in international affairs with a focus on international development and a minor in Spanish from The George Washington University in 2013. Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she moved to Guatemala in 2013.

While living in Guatemala, she has taught preschool and elementary school, and has been involved in various education projects, where she specializes in pedagogic coaching. Katie has worked with Division Educativa as an Education Specialist collaborating with organizations such as United Way, Child Aid, and the Guatemala Ministry of Education. She has worked with Teachers2Teachers-Global as the Education Leadership Coordinator where she focused on mathematics education.

Learn more about Katie's work and Sueños:

http://www.suenosgt.org

http://facebook.com/suenosgt

http://instagram.com/suenosgt