Norma and Victor Serrano

Names: Norma and Victor Serrano
Weekly homestay fee: Q500; Daily rate is Q80 (Convert to your currency )
Number of hostable student at once: 2
Walking distance from the central park: 30 min. 10 minutes by using a bus. The round trip is Q2 (approximately 25 cents). In general, homes farther away from the central park are in quieter neighborhood and have larger rooms.
Pets?: 2 birds
Message to a student: You'll find hospitality and good personal attention in our home.

Why do you like to host a foreign student?
Because I can meet people from other countries with different cultures and so I can learn more about our culture.

What are the challenges of being a host family?
Give the best service so that the students could feel like they are at their home.

What do you do to make your foreign students feel at home?
Give them best service, trust them and help them in their learning.

How was your favorite student?
Kind and respectful

What is the best of Xela?
It's culture.

What would you do if you have only one more week of life?
Do things that I could've never done.

What were you doing 15 years ago?
Working outside home.

What will you be doing in 15 years down the road?
If God gives me life and health, I will be taking care of my students.

Who is/was the most influential person in your life?
My fathers because the principles that they taught me are the ones that I live by.

What is the Guatemala's biggest social issue?
Poverty and education.

What do you propose to solve the Guatemala's problems?
Make governmental workers honest, not currupted.

Register