About Us
The MEC was founded on May 29, 2017. The Mission is to fighting poverty in Guinea-Bissau. The school is achieving its mission by providing skills, knowledge, and micro-finance to students for business projects to create sustainable economic opportunity in the country. The MEC’s goal is greater than just teaching English, IT, and business; our goal is to instill a belief that Guinea-Bissau can be lifted from poverty. Therefore, we are not creating job seekers, we are building a network of job creators, who will be able to create new employment opportunities for others.
Macote Ambrozio
Founder and Director
Macote is a social entrepreneur activist; he is passionate and committed to human rights, democracy, sustainable development, and the building of local economies. Macote received a Bachelor (cum laude) of Arts in Political Science with concentration in International Relations from Utah Valley University and a Master of Science in International Affairs and Global Enterprise.
Marit Snow Sawyer
Outreach Coordinator
Ms. Snow Sawyer has over 25 years of experience working as an outdoor educator, environmental consultant, and government regulator. Ms. Snow Sawyer learned of her interest in teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) after working with a refugee family in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2015.
In 2018 Ms. Snow Sawyer began teaching English in Guinea-Bissau. She got TEFL-certified that same year. She returned to the States and taught EFL to adults and children from many different nationalities for a year, and then returned to Guinea-Bissau because of her love of the people there.
Deusiderio Gomes Soares (Deio)
Administrator
Deio has over eight years of experience managing schools’ programs. Deio has a degree in Business administration.