Manuel Gálvez Ibarra, Coordinator of Community Resources

Work Background: 
Manuel Gálvez worked for more than ten years in rural and urban poor communities in Mexico, where he worked with communities using Liberation Theology and Popular Education models. Manuel also worked in the Mexican Capital Government and the Mexican Federal Government. As Cultural Program Coordinator in Mexico City, he developed and implemented popular budget and policy strategies in which people and civil organizations decided where, when, and how to spend part of the public budget. In 2004, he came to the United States as an international volunteer and worked as a full-time volunteer in Catholic Worker in Des Moines, Iowa.  

Academic degrees:
Manuel earned his Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a Master's Degree in Regional Studies while in Mexico. His area of study was the influence of space on social phenomena and social behavior.

Place of Birth: Sahuayo, Michoacán, México

Favorite quote:
"Lo más lindo y trascendente de un ser humano no es su capacidad de racionalizar sino de amar. Recuerda que hay que vivir como pensamos para no terminar pensando como vivimos."