Elizabeth Desimone R.N. and Nurse Practitioner, has spent much of her life as an advocate for the Guatemalan people. She was the co-founder of the Health Promoter Program in Poptún, Guatemala, which has since trained over 180 local people to provide basic healthcare in the small villages of the Petén. This is her personal adventure story of surviving and thriving in difficult circumstances and her joy in community and friendship with the Kek’chi people.