Our Mexican Team

Marco Antonio Muñoz
Director for Mexico
Marco has been working for Projects Abroad since 2000 when he started as general assistant. After spending a few months living and working in the UK Office in the summer of 2005, Marco returned to Mexico to assume the position of director. He loves music and cinema.

Yuritzy Angeles Salcedo
Desk Officer
Yuri as she likes to be called is a recent graduate from the University of Guadalajara, where she gained a degree in tourism. As a student she spent six months on a school exchange in Chile and she has travelled and lived in the USA many times. She therefore understands the excitement of living in a new country and culture. She loves meeting new people and enjoys swimming and riding her bicycle.

Jonatan Arriaga Zaragoza
General Assistant
Jonatan started to work with Projects Abroad in April 2003, since then he has been involved with all types of work, from collecting people at the airport to setting up new projects. He manages to combine his work with studying for a Computing Graphic Design degree at the University of Guadalajara. In his free time he plays the guitar with his band and enjoys socialising with volunteers. He also has worked abroad in our other destinations, a month in Argentina and three months in Senegal.

Carlos Ochoa Valenzuela
General Assistant
Carlos was born in the north of the country in Sonora then moved to Guadalajara looking for the opportunity to study Computing Graphic Design, which he did. Afterwards he had a number of jobs related with his career but in Nov 2004, looking for a different activity; he decided to join Projects Abroad. He enjoys reading comics and playing music. He is the "screamer" of his band.

Jose Soltero "Jous"
Guzman Manager
Jous was born in Ciudad Guzman and has lived all his life there , his family is one of the oldest in the city so he is well know in all the town. Jous has been an 'official' member of staff for over 6 years regularly taking volunteers under his wing to make sure they settle into life in Cd. Guzman. Since the beginning of 2005, he officially become part of our team and his dedication and work have improved all our projects in Cd. Guzman. He loves music, makes and plays the didgeridoo an ancient aborigine instrument and one of his favourite drinks is the coconut water.

Oliver Garcia
Conservation Manager
Oliver is an experienced diver who has worked for two years in la Paz Baja California in the north of Mexico as manager of a diving school while he was also studying marine biology. He joined Projects Abroad in February 2005, just before we moved to our current Turtle Camp in Tecoman, where he has been the person in charge since.

Dr. Jesus Navarro
Medical Supervisor
Dr. Jesus Navarro has been involved with Projects Abroad for many years first by providing medical attention to sick volunteers and through organizing medical campaigns in rural areas and inviting volunteers to help.
However, he officially joined Projects Abroad as our Medical Program Supervisor in September 2007. He enjoys spending his free time with his wife and two daughters. He is a coffee lover.