Who is Lucrecia Peinado, the first lady of Guatemala who eats with Letizia: surgeon and mother of six children

The Kings Philip VI y Joy They offer a lunch to the president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de LeónAnd his wife, Lucrecia Hairstyle. The lunch will be held this Thursday, February 22 at the Royal Palace of Madrid at 2:00 p.m. This visit has allowed us to get closer to the Guatemalan first lady, a brilliant 62-year-old woman, a surgeon by profession, feminist and mother of six children.

Lucrecia Peinado, wife of Bernardo Arévalo de León, president-elect for the period 2024-2028, is a career doctor. As a doctor, her field of expertise It is health in all its aspects. For 30 years, he has been working to combat malaria in his country, reduce HIV infections and lower maternal mortality rates, as published in the newspaper Free Press. Peinado manages an extensive social agenda in which it is committed to giving visibility to people with disabilities, to working for the inclusion of vulnerable groups and for the well-being of people. Especially women.

With a profile on Instagram and TikTok, he is highly active on networks, where he shares interviews, speeches and conferences. On LinkedIn she appears as a consultant and executive coach with extensive experience in NGOs, with the ability to prioritize initiatives and detect success strategies. Also, she is the creator of the Coaching Program for Executive Women. She defines herself as a “writer, facilitator and speaker.” She sums up her profile with a statement of women's empowerment: “I am a mother, daughter, wife and professional in health and development issues.”

A surgeon from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala, Lucrecia grew up in an evangelical family. She met Bernardo Arévalo de León in 1999. They both worked at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Guatemala. They have six children and five grandchildren.

Letizia and Lucrecia maintain common fields of work, such as the social agenda with attention to health, equality and women. Both, feminists and active in their commitment to vulnerable groups, are mothers involved in the education of children and young people.

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