Jacinta Chan Pech

Jacinta Chan Pech was 29 when she was selected to participate in GOJoven.  Jacinta is an Industrial Engineer in Business Development and a leader who is bilingual in Spanish and Mayan.  Currently, Jacinta works for the National Comission for the Development of Indigenous Communities (CDI) in the position of State Coordinator for the Indigenous Women’s Organization (POMI).  She is in charge of supervising women-led projects in the region.  Jacinta also supports the logistics and co-facilitates at workshops at the national-level to train female promoters in Equity and Gender, Culture, SRH, Sustainability, and Rights.  Jacinta has participated in the project “Silence Speaks,” recording her digital story, which she presented to groups of indigenous promoters in different regions of Mexico.  She has collaborated in various volunteer environmental projects to create a recycling collection center, among other projects.  Jacinta’s short term goal is to direct her own organization that provides workshops to strengthen the capacity of indigenous youth in SSR and link the work of GOJoven alumni to her current organization.