{"id":13273,"date":"2025-10-03T13:44:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T21:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/?p=13273"},"modified":"2025-10-03T13:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T21:55:08","slug":"my-exerience-al-entremundos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/uncategorized\/my-exerience-al-entremundos\/","title":{"rendered":"My exerience al ENTREMUNDOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY THOMAS LANG<\/p>\n

I visited Guatemala for the first time in December 2016. I ended up there almost by accident: I was on a Christmas cruise with my family that included Santo Tom\u00e1s de Castilla, in Izabal, as a port of call. This initial contact with Guatemala was short, lasting just a few hours, but was long enough for the beauty of the landscape to enchant me.<\/p>\n

When the holidays were over, I went back to college with a newfound interest in Guatemala. I signed up for a course on Latin American politics, and when the Professor asked us to pick a country to research, I didn\u2019t doubt for a minute: I wanted to research Guatemala. This project, which was only supposed to last the semester, became my academic focus for the rest of my undergraduate career. I researched the CICIG (International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala) and analyzed how that model of anticorruption agency was also implemented in Honduras.<\/p>\n

The truth was that reading articles and researching Guatemalan politics from afar was not enough to satisfy my curiosity. I wanted to learn more about Guatemala: I wanted to explore its nature, learn more about its rich cultural history, and, of course, get to know its people. I decided to find a way to return to Guatemala, even if for just a few days.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Google, I found out about ENTREMUNDOS . Back then, besides training NGOs and community leaders, ENTREMUNDOS also offered group volunteer opportunities.<\/p>\n

I reached out to Lila Icks, then the Volunteer Coordinator, and we planned a trip for students from my school who wanted to learn more about Guatemala. We spent a week on the shores of the beautiful Lake Atitl\u00e1n. The focus of our service project was collaboration with the Guatemalan Housing Alliance, who we supported in the construction of a house in San Pablo La Laguna.<\/p>\n

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We stayed at a hostel in San Juan La Laguna, where the organization Xe Kuku Abaj opened the doors to Tz\u2019utujil culture for us through tours and cultural excursions. Above all, I remember the unforgettable meals we shared with families who, very generously, welcomed us into their homes to teach us to prepare traditional regional meals. Years later, I still tell the story of how my friends and I tried learning how to make tortillas by hand. While ours turned out lopsided and irregular, I have never had tortillas as delicious as the ones we tried there, prepared by expert hands from freshly-ground corn.<\/p>\n

After returning home, I wanted to keep in touch with ENTREMUNDOS and continue to follow its work. That is where my interest in translating for the Magazine began. I have volunteered as a translator continuously since the summer of 2018. Over the years, I have translated articles about innumerable organizations and leaders who fight to protect human rights, the environment, and the dignity of all.<\/p>\n

Here in the United States, a new school year is starting\u2014and in my case, I am starting a new adventure: my first year as a high school Spanish teacher. It\u2019s an opportunity that fills me with excitement, but at the same time I feel a heavy weight on my shoulders. My new responsibilities are taking up a lot of my free time, and I can no longer give the translation of Revista ENTREMUNDOS the effort it deserves. Therefore, with this short message, I say goodbye. Many thanks to the team at ENTREMUNDOS for the warm welcome and opportunity you have given me. And thank you, readers, for your support. Maltiox.<\/p>\n

Thomas Lang, from Williston, Vermont, USA, studied International Relations and Spanish at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. I taught English in Hiroshima, Japan. I now teach in Spain while pursuing a Master\u2019s degree in Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE). I began my work as a translator for ENTREMUNDOS Magazine in 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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