Dr. Marvyn Perez is a Mayan activist. He and 15 other high school students were kidnapped, interrogated by both civilian and military police and tortured for two weeks, all for simply asking Guatemalan officials for more teachers and school supplies. Though Perez and others were eventually released, some of those students have never been found again. Perez continues to this day to search for the men who interrogated and tortured him. Dr. Perez received his Western medical training from Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla), one of the oldest medical schools in Mexico, and has practiced as a physician in a variety of clinical settings in Mexico and Guatemala. He is a graduate of Yo San University’s MATCM program.