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TEACHER CRISTOBAL: AN INSPIRING STORY
Cristobal, a teacher in the village of Boca Del Monte, has a story.
When Cristobal was 9 years old, he began the 1st grade in the village where he lived with his parents and 8 siblings. He loved school, but had to quit after the 4th grade to work for his family.
When he was 19, he had the opportunity to go back to school in a program run by volunteers from Spain. Embarrassed to be seen on the way to school with his backpack by the other village boys, he took the long way to school every day so that he wouldn't have to walk by the soccer field. He finished the primary school program with just a couple other village adults, and was then offered the opportunity to attend a vocational school near San Pedro Sula on a special grant. Despite his reluctance to leave the village he had known all his life and go to the big city, he decided to take the risk, and began studying welding (which he loved, due to the sparks and fire!).
Having finished this program, he returned to his village and worked as a welder on various projects in town, saving money to enroll in classes to train as a teacher. Shortly after his teacher training ended, he was assigned to a post in a village school, and he continues today to serve village communities like his own.
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