{"id":13719,"date":"2023-06-02T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/?p=13719"},"modified":"2025-08-21T22:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:01:09","slug":"sacbaja-family-the-secret-is-to-dream-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/es\/sacbaja-family-the-secret-is-to-dream-big\/","title":{"rendered":"Familia Sacbaj\u00e1: \u201cEl secreto es so\u00f1ar en grande\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13719\" class=\"elementor elementor-13719\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ec0a9f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ec0a9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6845ec1a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6845ec1a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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.elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Reading time<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-614df010 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"614df010\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-favro-document-key=\"cd4416e71bedef630af53c42\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><span class=\"author\" data-authorid=\"aBuRHPr6C4mFLP5kr\">5 min <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b2cdaf4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b2cdaf4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65382800 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65382800\" 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For them, education was the clear path to fulfilling this great dream.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13721\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/595fff9d-095f-481b-afea-40eb15ed9ba6-300x200.jpg\" alt=\" Couple holding hands\" width=\"1028\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/595fff9d-095f-481b-afea-40eb15ed9ba6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/595fff9d-095f-481b-afea-40eb15ed9ba6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/595fff9d-095f-481b-afea-40eb15ed9ba6-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/595fff9d-095f-481b-afea-40eb15ed9ba6-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/595fff9d-095f-481b-afea-40eb15ed9ba6.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sacbaj\u00e1 family is made up of Dr. Leonel Sacbaj\u00e1, the father, and Mrs. Mercedes Guant\u00e1, the mother of the five children who studied at Colegio Mesoamericano: Jebel Mercedes Mar\u00eda, Ajbe Leonel Antonio, Noyari Alejandra Mar\u00eda, and the twins Kaslem Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 and Nimcaj Adriana Mar\u00eda.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/f4fb14fb-777d-4cdc-a777-2cbd885d0956-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Family of eight\" width=\"1028\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/f4fb14fb-777d-4cdc-a777-2cbd885d0956-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/f4fb14fb-777d-4cdc-a777-2cbd885d0956-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/f4fb14fb-777d-4cdc-a777-2cbd885d0956-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/f4fb14fb-777d-4cdc-a777-2cbd885d0956.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;In 1999 and 2000, we were looking for a school that would provide our children with comprehensive education. We have been fortunate to have been born in Tecp\u00e1n, Chimaltenango, but we have realized that many people have never left the municipality. We wanted to open up the whole world to our children. So we found that Colegio Mesoamericano had a futuristic vision and also opened the door to our own ideas,&#8221; recalls Mr. Sacbaj\u00e1.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By entrusting their children&#8217;s education to Meso, <span id=\"thesacbajafam\">the Sacbaj\u00e1 family became a &#8220;pioneer family&#8221;<\/span> in the words of Julio Salazar, founder of Colegio Mesoamericano.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.21.26-300x200.png\" alt=\"Four adults laughing\" width=\"1028\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.21.26-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.21.26-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.21.26-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.21.26-900x600.png 900w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.21.26-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.21.26.png 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sacbaj\u00e1 children put all their effort into ensuring that their parents&#8217; efforts were not in vain. For them, maintaining the education of five children was &#8220;a miracle every day.&#8221; &#8220;If you ask us, we didn&#8217;t have an unlimited bank account. However, the secret has been to dream big. We come from very poor families, and little by little, we have changed history with hard work and education,&#8221; emphasizes Mr. Leonel.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13723\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4dd7ad7d-e5b8-4768-8c22-bf18555914d7-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Family eating pizza\" width=\"1028\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4dd7ad7d-e5b8-4768-8c22-bf18555914d7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4dd7ad7d-e5b8-4768-8c22-bf18555914d7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4dd7ad7d-e5b8-4768-8c22-bf18555914d7-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4dd7ad7d-e5b8-4768-8c22-bf18555914d7.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/span>\n\n<span id=\"gettingtoschool\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting to school was a challenge in itself for the Sacbaj\u00e1 siblings. Every day, they had to travel for more than 40 minutes to reach Colegio Mesoamericano, a distance of approximately 33 km.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, every morning, Mrs. Mercedes would wake them up very early and prepare them for a long day, including packing their lunches. However, the subsequent successes that ensued compensated for the early mornings with tired eyes and constant yawns<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.26.58-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1028\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.26.58-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.26.58-1024x681.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.26.58-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.26.58-600x399.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-20.26.58.png 1268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they neared their high school years, the Sacbaj\u00e1 children became aware of an opportunity presented to them by Mesoamericano School: the chance to study in the United States.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alejandra was the first one to leave. At first, she had a hard time deciding to take the risk, but when presented with all the possible opportunities that could arise from attending Snow College, she became encouraged. &#8220;I am a bit shy, so it was a bit difficult for me to be here at first. You don&#8217;t know anything, not even what&#8217;s going on, but there are many people willing to help you, and eventually, you don&#8217;t feel so alone. I have met people from other countries who are going through the same thing, and I have been able to connect with them. It has been a good experience,&#8221; expresses the student.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13724\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Copy-of-Snow-College-Interviews-2022-9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1028\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Copy-of-Snow-College-Interviews-2022-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Copy-of-Snow-College-Interviews-2022-9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Copy-of-Snow-College-Interviews-2022-9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Copy-of-Snow-College-Interviews-2022-9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Copy-of-Snow-College-Interviews-2022-9-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Copy-of-Snow-College-Interviews-2022-9-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Copy-of-Snow-College-Interviews-2022-9-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/span>\n\n<span id=\"snowcollage\"style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snow College was a dream come true for the Sacbaj\u00e1 family. Alejandra, the eldest sibling, is now setting her sights on even greater achievements as she pursues a specialization in biomedicine at a university in Missouri. Alongside her, Yoselyn Hernandez, another Mesoamericano alumna, has also played a pioneering role in facilitating student transfers out of Utah, opening doors to opportunities for future students.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13725 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230526_120638_528-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Two girls graduating\" width=\"402\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230526_120638_528-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230526_120638_528-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230526_120638_528-768x1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230526_120638_528-600x801.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230526_120638_528.jpg 1022w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Following in Alejandra&#8217;s footsteps, her twin sisters, Maria and Adriana, are currently enrolled at Snow College, working towards their Associate Degrees. Their ultimate goal is to pursue studies in business and medicine.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13726\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/791836ac-eac7-4ad3-a078-558565f8bada-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Three girls next to a Christmas tree\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/791836ac-eac7-4ad3-a078-558565f8bada-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/791836ac-eac7-4ad3-a078-558565f8bada-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/791836ac-eac7-4ad3-a078-558565f8bada-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/791836ac-eac7-4ad3-a078-558565f8bada-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mesofoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/791836ac-eac7-4ad3-a078-558565f8bada.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The success of our children is also our success, and we are very proud of how far they have come. We invite parents to think big. Don&#8217;t be intimidated by economic issues because if you project it, you can achieve it. 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