Marita is originally from the small town of Tomepampa in the Cotahuasi Canyon, a rural area in the northeast of the Arequipa region.  As a former student of Honofre Benavides School in Tomepampa, she became aware of the children’s need for additional educational support and broadening of their cultural awareness. She realized that foreign volunteers could bring a new perspective to the classroom and provide students with cross-cultural exposure and experiences. Volunteers Peru was born to implement such ideas, and Marita and our organization have realized her dream of giving back to our community over the last eight years.

She has lived there his entire life and knows the city, the community and its social problems very well.

She studied tourism at the University . She worked in the private sector, managing lodgings, travel agencies, and the public area as a tourist manager. This experience allowed she to know different social realities. She very friendly, empathetic and attentive; she likes to meet new people and make new friends.

He advises and makes us notice our strengths and weaknesses. He has coordinated projects in Arequipa and Tomepampa in the past.