Dr. Heather Barton-Weston, Associate Professor Community Health Education, and Dr. Lorena Paul, Associate Professor, Nursing, led the service mission program with local hosts Edwin Mendoza of Guatemala and Darlene Jasso, a UIW Com Arts graduate to Guatemala City and surrounding areas. The program offered 10 students the opportunity to earn service-learning hours by assisting indigenous villagers through activities organized by the not-for-profit foundation, Little Angels of Mary. The mission program also included several cultural excursions, such as Antigua, a World Heritage City, Lake Atitlán (Panajachel), the ruins near Santa Apolonia, and much more!

This is a international service learning opportunity and does not complement a UIW course.

Interested students wishing to participate in this future service learning opportunity should email Dr. Heather Barton-Weston.