{"id":4496,"date":"2019-06-27T17:06:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T17:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liderazgoguatemala.org\/?p=4496"},"modified":"2019-06-27T17:06:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T17:06:42","slug":"brenda-lemus-leader-of-the-month-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.circulaguatemala.org\/en\/brenda-lemus-leader-of-the-month-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Itz\u00e9 Lemus Gordillo, Leader of the month - June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[kc_row use_container=\"yes\" force=\"no\" column_align=\"middle\" video_mute=\"no\" _id=\"234651\"][kc_column width=\"12\/12\" video_mute=\"no\" _id=\"836116\"][kc_column_text _id=\"660714\"]<\/p>\n<p><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-82933 kc_row#\">\n<div class=\"kc-row-container kc-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-4227324 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column# kc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-597785 kc_text_block\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\n<section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-141174 kc_row#\">\n<div class=\"kc-row-container kc-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-3004124 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column# kc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-1113410 kc_text_block\">\n<p>Our Leader of the Month for June is Brenda Itz\u00e9 Lemus Gordillo, the Co-Founder and Director of Programs for\u00a0<em>Yo\u2019o Guatemala<\/em>. <em>Yo\u2019o Guatemala<\/em>\u00a0is a non-profit organization that creates opportunities for high-quality, integrated, mental and physical health education for kids in the town of Purulh\u00e1 who live in extreme poverty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brenda is most inspired by the power of a community that collaborates. It motivates her to see the community she serves \u201cget involved and build together to generate real changes with opportunities for a life of dignity for the girls and boys that live in these conditions of extreme poverty.\u201d\u00a0<em>Yo\u2019o Guatemala\u00a0<\/em>works by offering scholarships, after-school tutoring, and school vacation programing, which it believes will elevate the young people and their community out of poverty.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the Director of Programs, Brenda is responsible for the formation of the team which executes the organization's mission. This part of her role has proven to be the most difficult.\u00a0 She says her greatest challenge as a leader is \u201cforming a team of people who share objectives with integrity.\u201d Ultimately what gives her the capacity to overcome this challenge is the \u201cunwavering values of [her] founding partner\u201d and their \u201cteam of volunteers who work in a professional manner\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of her time at ALG, Brenda says that the tools she obtained to\u00a0implement integral work with high quality were the most important things she took away. Recently an article was published about Brenda, calling her one of the 100 most influential women of Guatemala.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>[\/kc_column_text][\/kc_column][\/kc_row]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[kc_row use_container=\"yes\" force=\"no\" column_align=\"middle\" video_mute=\"no\" _id=\"234651\"][kc_column width=\"12\/12\" video_mute=\"no\" _id=\"836116\"][kc_column_text _id=\"660714\"] Our Leader of the Month for June is Brenda Itz\u00e9 Lemus Gordillo, the Co-Founder and Director of Programs for\u00a0Yo\u2019o Guatemala. 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