Class Rank: 3/70 When I grow up I want to be an engineer and be a good person in my society. I will feel very happy when I get there. The most difficult thing in my life was when my parents got sick, because we didn't know how to take care of them. I learned that we all feel stronger when we have gpod information. When I study hard and get a good performance I feel proud of myself. I plan to take a part of my salary and give back to the School Fund. So more children can get educated just like myself.

Carmen is one of our most dedicated students. She attends all of our events and meetings, and is eager to begin her studies. After graduating high school, she worked as a waitress in Puka Rumi, one of the best restaurants in town. Here, under the mentorship of renowned chef Alejo, she fell in love with the art of cooking and hopes to someday open her own restaurant. In her spare time, she is an athlete. Her favourite sport is volleyball, and she was the only female to compete in last year's Ollantaytambo weightlifting competition! She comes from a humble campesino (rural indigenous) family. Since her father passed away 16 years ago, she and her nine siblings have since been raised by her single mother.

When Wadner was 6, his parents moved to the Dominican Republic and brought him with them. They left some of his siblings with his grandmother in Haiti. They sent him back to his grandmother's house to attend Haitian school, but he always spent summer vacation with them. When he was 12, he starting attending school in the Dominican Republic. Ever since then, he has been at the Institution of the Improvement of Life Through Education preparing to return to Haiti to take the National Exam in June.