Welcome

Chanel has called El Centenario home for the last 5 years and welcomed the birth of her Mexican born daughter 2.5 years ago. Since the birth of her child she has taken up a career in real estate and has become an active member in the community of local moms. She is a strong advocate for equal opportunity children's programs and education.

Dr Pao, as her student call her moved from Mexico City to El Centenario when she was 6 years old with her family. She used to play often at the park and at the beach when she was a kid, she loved so much the mangroves that she became marine biologist, then she did a masters in biotech and got a full-scholarship to do her PhD in Microbiology by the Laval University, Quebec. Now she works at CIBNOR as full time researcher. She has 2 posdoc and has worked for more than 15 different R&D projects. She’s now the head of a CONACyT project that tries to have an impact on food sovereignty in urban areas by using decoupled aquaponics, hydroponics and other techniques.

Jo moved to El Centenario from Oregon in September of 2021 and is not looking back!  She worked as an elementary school librarian and reading teacher for many years.  Jo is passionate about education and sharing the love of reading.  She has intense appreciation and admiration for local culture and the personal learning opportunities this community provides.

Lisa works as a Director of Operations for a Software company and moved her family to La Paz from California 5 months ago. Many would say she was living the “American Dream”, but she felt the complete opposite. She was looking for a place that would enrich her children's cultural intellect and give them a greater sense of freedom and that led her back to her roots in Mexico.. El Centenario was exactly that plus more. After only one month, Lisa felt El Centenario had already given so much to her family that she wanted to give back and be a part of something bigger. This brought her to the Revitalize El Centenario Project; a project that is inclusive and will teach us that we are all humans, just with a different story. 

After 39 years of service in the food & grocery industry Linda came to La Paz on vacation from Washington state; she so loved the people, culture and beaches that she moved here shortly after and never left. El Centenario is a place Linda proudly calls home and is happy to volunteer her time to give back to the community.

Raised in Baja California Sur since she was three years old, Marian is a passionate scientist. She studied marine biology & has a Ph.D. in marine sciences. With her husband and their then 7 month old daughter, Marian decided to establish her permanent home in El Centenario. Her actual life involves scientific research, a lot of quality family time and her Montessori inspired project “Mamá Científica”. Marian thinks that connections with the right people is a basics for happiness, especially in the community you live. For her, the project Revitalize El Centenario is a major opportunity to weave a net of strong connections through a healthy, fun and inspired space in our public park.