A year in review, meet the 2013 Real Heroes of Mexico: Gina Machorro Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca “Gina Machorro, has been dubbed “The Information Goddess” of Puerto Escondido as she created and has been maintaining (from her own resources) a public…
The Mexico Report presents The 2013 Real Heroes of Mexico: Meet Pete Noll Oaxaca, Oaxaca Website: http://www.puentemexico.org/peterunspittsburgh2013.php “Pete Noll’s involvement in Latin American began as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala from 1998-2000, from there he went on to work…
The Mexico Report’s Real Heroes of Mexico: Meet Enrique Valdes Garcia Merida, Yucatan Enrique is the Director of Sustainable and Cultural tourism for the two Mayaland resorts and works from the Uxmal properties. He goes way beyond his job title however.…
The Mexico Report Presents the “2013 Real Heroes of Mexico” Meet Don Sergio Castro San Cristobal de Casas, Chiapas Website: http://www.yokchij.org/ Don Sergio received the “Real Heroes of Mexico” award in 2012 and 2013. “Considered a hero in Chiapas, Sergio Castro…
2013 Real Heroes of Mexico: Romayne Wheeler Ejido of Munérachi, SW of Creel, Chihuahua Website: http://www.romaynewheeler.org.mx/ Photo by Charles Graham “The magnificent Sierra Madre of Mexico (including Copper Canyon), is the mountainous refuge of 60,000 indigenous Tarahumara, known for their…
2013 Real Heroes of Mexico: Mayra Vasquez Mexico City Mayra captained the women’s team at the Homeless World Cup that took place in the Zocalo in October of 2012. She led her team to a first-place victory in the women’s…