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Mariana Marguery

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Mariana Marguery is a member of the Franciscan order and the main coordinator of the Young Virgin Mary (Virgen Niña) Center for Infant and Family Services (CAIF) and the Hut (La Casilla) Youth Center in Montevideo, Uruguay. She works as a social worker and has been a nun for 34 years. In particular, she works with youth in the “community classroom” at La Casilla, which helps integrate at-risk youth back into the formal education system.
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