Abigail Quic

For the last ten years, Abigail Quic has actively engaged in community development in her village of San Juan La Laguna in Guatemala.  She is currently co-executive director of the non-profit organization, SERES. 

Abigail is helping to develop a different narrative to help build just and sustainable communities across Central America, through empowering young people to be influential leaders and through working with indigenous rural communities in Guatemala.  She is engaged in leading programs that build youth entrepreneurial and leadership skills and support youth-led development projects.  Programs integrate climate action and forest preservation and focus on empowering women through education and capacity building in technology.  Abigail and her team are creating a movement of leaders who are driving sustainability, addressing social challenges and creating innovative solutions. Climate change and forest preservation are