"To raise the quality of life among people living in poverty in our Region, through health services, education, research, and economic and social empowerment."
Guadalupe Arizpe De la Vega
FEMAP/SADEC’s founder, Guadalupe De la Vega, has been recognized has been honored locally, in El Paso and Cd. Juarez for her work. Internationally, she was awarded the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service in 2013 and was one of CNN’s Top 10 Heroes in 2010.