Aura Leticia Teleguario is a Mayan Kaqchikel Woman. She is working as a Program Specialist for USAID Guatemala. Letty also serves as the U.S. Ambassador Advisor on Guatemala’s indigenous people. She has been supporting the U.S Ambassador to promote and strengthen the dialogue between the United States Government and key Guatemalan stakeholders (private sector leaders, indigenous representatives and GOG decision-makers). She coordinates and manages issues related to the integral development of the indigenous people and the growth of Guatemala. Letty promotes and facilitates opportunities for Indigenous People in Guatemala. As an essential part of this goal, she is directly involved with USG programs that promote effective participation and development of indigenous people in accordance with their culture, lifestyles, and worldview. In 2009, she obtained her Master's Degree in Business Administration from Preston University. She got her Business Administration Bachelor’s Degree in 2006 and got diplomas in Gender, Multiculturalism, Youth and Women Rights at San Carlos University. For many years, Letty has dedicated a significant part of her non-working life to efforts related to the indigenous community, ranging from teaching Kaqchikel and advising youth indigenous groups to putting together business training workshops. Letty is member of Young Americas from the Organization of American States and Young Americas Business Trust Program. She works hardly to eradicate the violence against women and to coordinate leadership and entrepreneurship programs for the women and youth population. She is member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Member of the Global Network Lead-On Youth initiative, Member of the National Youth Commission for the Construction of a Public Policy Agenda for Young Mayan, Garifuna and Xinca, Point of contact for Youth Programs in the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) and World Bank. She is member of the Board of Directors of Vital Voices Guatemala and also founded a Youth organization to support and strengthen the youth and women initiative, especially in the rural area.