Cecilia Gamez, Rosita Rodriguez, Claudia Camacho, Carmen Salmoran y Miguel A. Aguilar

Artemio Perez, President of the Board of Directors and Elvia Garcia, Consultative Board Member

Artemio Pérez, President of the Board of Directors and National Director for the first year

Rosita Rodriguez, Carmen Salmoran, Artemio Perez, Elvia Garcia and Luisa Figueroa (from Veracruz)

Programas Educativos Interculturales A.C. is legally constituted as a “Civil Association”, a non-profit organisation whose main objective is to create opportunities for individuals to get involved in global learning experiences. It was founded in 2006 by a group of volunteers with a strong desire to continue the project started in Mexico in 1950 by Dr. Donald Watt and Bárbara B. de Gómez, pioneers in the field of the international living experiences and development of intercultural awareness.

Mission

PROGRAMAS EDUCATIVOS INTERCULTURALES, A. C. is a non-profit organisation that believes in the promotion of opportunities to enable individuals to enhance their intercultural competence through their involvement in global learning experiences.

The members of this organisation include local representatives, volunteers and staff some of whom have more than forty years of experience working in educational exchange programs. Our objective is to help build peace in the world. We believe total immersion is the most effective way of building understanding between different cultures.

Members of our Board

The Members of our Board of Directors use their expertise in different fields to help the association to achieve its goals. Them, as well as the Members of the Consultative Board, contribute with the association in a complete volunteer basis.

For the period 2006 – 2008

Board of Directors
Artemio Pérez, President and Acting National Director for the first year
Octavio Espinoza, Vice-President
Miguel Ángel Aguilar, Treasurer
Rosa Rodríguez, Secretary

Consultative Board
Consuelo Mercado, Local Representative in Atlacomulco
Raquel Lopez, Local Representative in San Juan del Río
Hilda Murua, Local Representative in Querétaro
Cecilia Gámez, Programs Chair
Ma. Carmen Merino, Accounting
Ruben Valente,  Promotion
Claudia Camacho, General Programs and AuPair
Julieta Sanchez, Promotion and Programs
Elvia Garcia, Academic Programs