William Harold Gamez Guevara

Age: 20

William's favorite color is yellow. His favorite subject in school is English. He wants to be a doctor when he grows up.

William's favorite color is yellow. His favorite subject in school is English. He likes baseball and enjoys playing soccer. He wants to be a doctor when he grows up.  He lives with his brothers, his grandmother and mother. His father abandoned him and he wasn't able to attend school last year because of lack of resources. His mother and grandmother wash clothes to earn money.

William lives in Cristo Rey, Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries and communities in Central America. A population of about 13,000 families living on $2 a day. The main occupation of Cristo Rey is trash collecting.