Staff

Norma Subuyuj

Communications Coordinator and Student Administrator

Norma was born in Santo Domingo Xenacoj and graduated from Rafael Landívar University with a Business Administration degree in 2019.

Norma Subuyuj

Norma was born in Santo Domingo Xenacoj and graduated from Rafael Landívar University with a Business Administration degree in 2019. She started collaborating with MEF in 2021, as a Management Assistant.

Norma says: “It is an honor to work at the foundation and contribute my knowledge, as I know how important and impactful college scholarships are as I used to be a scholarship recipient of MEF.”

In 2025 she became MEF’s Communications Coordinator and Student Administrator. Her work involves showcasing the students’ achievements, goals, needs and difficulties through MEF’s communication platforms, communicating with donors and accompanying the students in our Programa de Becas Mayas program with CIRMA.

Prior to working with MEF, Norma founded a micro-enterprise called Textiles Nakoj, which supports the dignified work of Mayan women in her village, and she has won several awards for the work she does on behalf of the Mayan people.

Norma likes to work for education, equality, human rights, language conservation, culture and traditions.

Jacquelyn Sincal

Programs Coordinator and Student Support

Jacquelyn Sincal is a Maya Kaqchikel Psychology graduate from Mariano Gálvez University and comes from Patzún, Chimaltenango in Guatemala.

Jacquelyn Sincal

Before joining the staff of MEF in 2023, she worked for six years as a Scholarship Program Manager in one of MEF’s partner nonprofits; FEPMaya. With a focus on social and emotional support, she now provides guidance and monitors the academic studies of the students in the MEF Maya Scholarship programs with CIRMA and Rafael Landívar University.

Jacquí also coordinates the different partner programs that MEF supports in Guatemala, Mexico and Belize and she oversees MEF’s English Language Program activities.

Jacquí is proud to be part of the MEF team and to be able to provide social and humanistic
help to youth who seek to achieve their dreams.

Amy Holly

Executive Director

Amy Holly is originally from the UK but has lived and worked in Guatemala and Central America since 2010.

Amy Holly

Amy Holly is originally from the UK but has lived and worked in Guatemala and Central America since 2010. With a Master's degree in International Development from SOAS, University of London and a Postgraduate Diploma in Gender from UNAM, Mexico, Amy has worked in both small family foundations and international NGOs to address some of the greatest challenges faced by indigenous communities in this part of the world.

She says: "After living in a Maya village for several years, I became familiar with some of the enormous challenges that our students face; from economic hardships, to geographic difficulties in accessing school, along with systemic discrimination. I have also witnessed the difference that can be made when someone from the community becomes a doctor or a dentist, and I am passionate about building the capacities of the younger generation to inspire, lead, and drive change in their own communities.”

Amy joined MEF in 2024 and took over from Elisabeth Nicholson as Executive Director in April 2025.

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Norma Subuyuj

Communications Coordinator and Student Administrator

Jacquelyn Sincal

Programs Coordinator and Student Support

Amy Holly

Executive Director

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Norma Subuyuj

Communications Coordinator and Student Administrator

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Programs Coordinator and Student Support

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Executive Director

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