The participants of Team Monterey, a winter term practicum that gives Monterey Institute students the opportunity to gain real world experience working with grassroots community development organizations in El Salvador, share their experiences from January 2011.

Brooke Grecco (MBA '12) and her colleagues worked with the the communities of the Bajo Lempo region to research and determine a strategic waste management plan. Working with local partner NGO, La Coordinadora, the team assessed the needs of the various communities, local fisheries, park rangers,...

Susana Valle (MPA '12) was part of the Agricultural Production Team that refined and created a diagnostic tool which will aid local partner NGO, La Cooridinadora in creating an informational database about various communities and their potential agricultural sustainability.