Conceived by concerned U.S. and Guatemalan citizens who wanted Maya youth to have the opportunity to obtain university level degrees, this MEF partner grew out of a small scholarship program, the Programa de Becas Mayas.
With the help of Guatemalan professionals, we started that program in 1992, the same year MEF was founded. From there, it evolved and became an official Guatemalan nonprofit, the Fundación para Estudios y Profesionalización Maya (FEPMaya). With up to seventy students, FEPMaya is our largest university scholarship partner in Mixco, Guatemala. Former students have taken on the leadership of this organization, knowing the challenges each Maya student faces.