RELATED PROJECT
Community-State-Church Partnerships Supporting Education in El Salvador
In June 2011 undergraduate student Codie Kane conducted interviews in El Salvador as part of an ongoing initiative of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service at Georgetown University. She partnered with the...
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RELATED PROJECT
Education and Social Justice Project
In early 2010 two Georgetown University Centers – the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service – created the Education and Social Justice Project to engage students and build knowledge about the deep connections between...
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> Ada del Carmen Monje de Afaro> Leonilo Aguirres
> Catalina Delgado Aleman
> Maria Emelina Orellana de Ayala
> Elvira Cordova de Cordova
> Eduardo Antonio Ayala Cruz
> Vicenta Orellana Franco
> Angela Orellana Franco
> Francisco Orellana Lopez
> Maribel Serrano de Mejia
> Josefina Aleman Menjivar
> Miguel Angel Ayala de Orellana
> Benigno Orellana
> Carlos Orellano
> Elmer Eriberto Castro Rodriguez
> Maria del Carmen Cruz Senovilla
> Mauricio Trejo
> Ada Zarceno
> Maribel Aleman de Alas
> Rosa Letis Menjivar de Cordova
Elmer Eriberto Castro Rodriguez
Elmer Eriberto Castro Rodriguez is a seventh and eighth grade teacher at the public school in Los Pozos, Nueva Trinidad, Chalatenango in El Salvador. He began his teaching career during the period immediately following the El Salvador civil war with the desire to help young people. He remains committed to this goal of service, envisioning his role as a friend and mentor for his students. Though he and his family currently live in San Juan, he remains in Los Pozos during the school week in order to maximize his time in his classroom.
INTERVIEWS
A Discussion with Elmer Eriberto Castro Rodriguez, Teacher, Nueva Trinidad, El Salvador
July 1, 2011
Background: As part of the Education and Global Social Justice Project, in July 2011, undergraduate student Codie Kane interviewed Elmer Eriberto Castro Rodriguez, a school teacher in Nueva Trinidad, El Salvador. In this interview, Elmer Eriberto Castro Rodriguez discusses the disparities in...