Dayana Sarahi Mondragón Hernandez

Dayana Sarahi Mondragón Hernandez, 18, is a member of the political youth group “Jovenes Nacionalistas de Trujillo.” She has organized sports tournaments for over 500 adolescents as an alternative to using drugs and violence, and would like to integrate sex education into the group’s portfolio. Dayana is an extremely dynamic and visionary young woman, experienced in mobilizing and inspiring large numbers of youth to seek healthy options, and committed to peer education and youth leadership. She hopes to begin medical school in 2010 and to continue her work with the most marginalized populations in and around Trujillo. Ultimately, Dayana dreams of joining international medical brigades such as Doctors without Borders.