Teen Runs Nonprofit Aid Group for Guatemala From Home

At 18, Abby Gribbin is a founding member and current president of the nonprofit group Education for San Pablo, which provides scholarships to poverty-stricken families throughout San Pablo, in southwest Guatemala. With help from her parents and family friends, Abby manages the organization from her home in Leesburg, Va.

“It’s a really small nonprofit,” Abby said of the organization, which has six permanent members. Nevertheless, the group has a broad reach, she said, communicating regularly by phone and e-mail with fellow aid workers in Guatemala and the families they assist.