GLXi Team
Dedicated experts with a proven record of success
GLXi Literacy Specialists
Our teachers from all over Guatemala teach in their local schools, wrapping the curriculum into their regular school days. We have reached 11 regions in 66 schools and have an alliance with the Salvation Army.
Guatemala Region
Jalapa Region
Zacapa Region
San Marcos Region
Sacatepéquez Region
Baja Verapaz Region
Mazatenango
Quetzaltenango
Huehuetenango
Quiche
Chimaltenango
Our Team
Our leadership staff have experience in NGO management in the
areas of finance, administration, program development, and evaluation.
Ana Schulz - Executive Director - United States
Ana Schulz graduated from the University of Texas -Austin with a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish. She has over 35 years of management experience in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors. Her professional career began in the telecommunications industry, holding management and consulting positions focusing on public utility regulatory cost studies and revenue planning. She transitioned to the non-profit sector by providing grant writing services as a consultant for Mosaic Research Services, LLC, where she was a founding principal. Her extensive managerial experience and the knowledge gained from professional grant writing facilitated her permanent move to a full-time career in non-profit fundraising.
Ana has over 20 years of experience directing and implementing non-profit fund development, working for the Sisters of Divine Providence and their sponsored ministries: Room at the Inn in St. Louis, Missouri, and La Posada Providencia in San Benito, Texas. As the Director of Development, she directed and implemented the funding initiatives needed to support a shelter for homeless women and families in St. Louis County and for an emergency homeless shelter for asylum seekers and immigrants as they proceeded through the immigration process in her native Texas. Ana has spent most of her career helping feed, clothe, and shelter the homeless stranger. And now, as GLXi’s Executive Director, she works to provide sustainable solutions to poverty within Guatemala– through early childhood education.
Colleen Price - Development Assistant - United States
Colleen Price has over 20 years of fundraising in the nonprofit sector with the Sisters of Divine Providence, a community of women religious, and two of their sponsored ministries: Room at the Inn, a shelter for homeless women and families in St. Louis, Missouri, and La Posada Providencia, a shelter for immigrants seeking asylum near Brownsville Texas. Colleen possesses considerable expertise in donor database management and donor relations. She managed two separate donor databases, one for Room at the Inn and one for La Posada Providencia. Colleen has developed a unique talent for interpersonal communications and interactions. She has assumed key roles in planning and executing large special events, working with event committees, and managing and leading registration and checkout processes for up to 400 guests. She is highly skilled in office management and administration. Colleen currently holds the position of part-time development associate for GLXi where she performs donor database administration and assists with other fundraising projects.
JAIME VIELMAN – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - GUATEMALA
Jaime Vielman is a 35-year-old Guatemalan professional with education in Public Accounting and Auditing from the Mariano Gálvez University in Guatemala. Currently, he serves as Executive Director of Global Learning Exchange Initiative in Guatemala. He is committed to the vision and mission of the organization, which recognizes the importance of literacy in early education to help eradicate illiteracy and school dropout rates in the future. Additionally, Jaime understands the need to support the academic preparation of teachers in public schools to improve the educational quality of Guatemalan children.
Prior to joining GLXi, Jaime gained work experience in finance, planning and strategy design, and human resources. From 2008 to 2012, he worked as Budget Manager at the Municipality of Jocotenango, where he gained knowledge in human resources, management of supplier relationships, and the formulation of the annual operational plan for the mayor and council members. In 2013, he joined De la Gente as Financial Coordinator, where he implemented various accounting management tools, managed financial information on projects, and handled bank accounts in the United States and Guatemala.
In 2015, Jaime was promoted to Financial Director at De la Gente, where he was responsible for cash flow management, supplier relationships, and financial statements, as well as the development of accounting procedures manuals to improve internal efficiency. He maintained relationships with Guatemalan and American accountants to improve internal processes throughout his tenure.
In addition to his work experience in finance and budgeting, Jaime is also a successful entrepreneur. In 2018, he co-founded Canela Antigua and worked as a Managing Partner until 2021. In this position, he gained extensive experience in personnel recruitment, implementing growth strategies and objectives, budget control, and optimization of expenses.
Dr. JUAN FERNANDO PORRES – DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION — GUATEMALA
Juan Fernando Porres is a Guatemalan passionate about teaching and civic education. Since childhood, he has had a knack for explaining and teaching others. Due to his interest in the humanities, he studied psychology at the University of San Carlos de Guatemala, completing his practice in the clinical area and working as a teaching assistant. He continued his academic training and obtained a master's degree in Values Education and Civic Formation, another in Higher Education, and a Doctorate in Education with an emphasis on Pedagogical Mediation.
In his professional career, he has worked in different areas, including administration, as Head of Recruitment and Selection at the Guatemalan Institute of Social Security, as head of Human Resources at the NGO Acompañamiento Humano, and as department coordinator at Rafael Landívar University. In education, he has been a teacher and school counselor at Colegio Von Humboldt and an external school psychologist at Colegio Macdermont. He has also been a university professor at various private universities, such as Rafael Landívar University, Galileo University, and ICCRE La Salle.
In addition, his passion for sharing his ideas and knowledge has led him to be a professional research advisor, a writer for academic journals, and, in recent years, a writer of academic texts. Some of his latest titles are "Psychology of Art: Creating and Changing," "Eco-Emotional Intelligence and Human Development Adaptation," and "Accompaniment: Despite Everything," and his new book "I Am Ready for Your Voice," which is currently under review.
ANDREA TUMAX – IMPACT COORDINATOR — GUATEMALA
Andrea Tumax is a professional in the field of education with a broad academic background that includes a degree in psychopedagogy, teaching focused on special educational needs and learning problems, and a specialty in social and collaborative economics from the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. She has also studied in Mexico, Spain, Chile, and Argentina, giving her a multicultural and wide perspective in the field.
With over 10 years of experience, Tumax is recognized as a national and international speaker, consultant, and advisor in educational centers, schools, and psycho-pedagogical and therapeutic institutions. She has directed non-governmental and private establishments focused on inclusion and has been a university professor.
As a specialist in detecting and evaluating learning disorders and in pedagogical methods for educational improvement and leveling, Tumax is also an expert in analyzing results based on academic performance. Her focus on inclusion and the student’s integral development has allowed her to make a difference in the educational field.
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors has experience in telecommunications, IT start-ups, philanthropy, education, creative branding and strategy, corporate structure, and immigration reform.
Amy Bruenderman-Inman
Board President
David Barford
Vice President
Elizabeth McDonald
Secretary
Jeff Fullmer
Treasurer
Dr. Jill Dunlap Brown, PhD
Director
Lucia DePaz
Director
Kristine Smith
Director
Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board is made up of key GLXi stakeholders with backgrounds in education, curriculum development, and professional development design.
Linda Henke
Curriculum Developer
Lee Ann Lyons
Curriculum Developer