Reading/Mexico Readers Research/Participants

Here you can find brief profiles of each of the participants that we interviewed in Mexico. Some requested that we only use their names and image internally, so here you'll see them as "anonymous" and we won't be sharing their pictures.

WMF only link to contact information for participants.

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P1, Rafael edit

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Age: 17 years
Location: Puebla, Mexico
Gender: Male
Occupation: Highschool student
Education: High school (current)
Internet access: Data plan 2-3Gb, AT&T, MXN$500
Technical comfort: Downloading and setting up own software and apps. Helps others but does not program or build software.

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P2, Azeret edit

Age: 23 years
Location: Puebla, Mexico
Gender: F
Occupation:
Education:
Internet access: -
Technical comfort: -

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P3, Anonymous edit

Age: 31 years
Location: Puebla, Mexico
Gender: F
Occupation: homemaker
Education: -
Internet access: has data plan through Telcel; Megacable wifi @ home
Technical comfort: 1-2

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P04, Ximena edit

Age: 19 years
Location: Puebla, Mexico
Gender: F
Occupation: Student, cosmetology and theater
Education: Complete high school
Internet access: Wifi at home, data plan on smartphone
Technical comfort: -

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P5, Jael edit

Age: 19 years
Location: Puebla, Mexico
Gender: F
Occupation: student at BUAP
Education: in university
Internet access: data plan/hotspot usage w Telcel; wifi @ home through Maxcomm
Technical comfort: 2-3

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P6, Guillermo edit

Age: 17 years
Location: Puebla, Mexico
Gender: M
Occupation: Student / Teaches English
Education: attending high school
Internet access: -
Technical comfort: -

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P7, Magaly edit

Age: 27 years
Location: Puebla, Mexico
Gender: F
Occupation: accountant
Education:
Internet access: data plan with Telcel; Telmex home wifi (says it's fiber?)
Technical comfort: 2-3

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P8, Javier edit

Age: 21 years
Location: Apizaco, Mexico
Gender: M
Occupation: Student & restaurant worker
Education: High school
Internet access: Telcel on phone, no internet at the house
Technical comfort: unknown

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P9, Roxana edit

Age: 24/25 years
Location: Apizaco, Mexico
Gender: F
Occupation: clinical psychologits @ gov't clinic
Education: studied @ university; thesis on infant/child cancer
Internet access: adds data to phone as needed; no internet @ home
Technical comfort: 2-3

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P10, Monica edit

Age: 20 years
Location: Apizaco, Mexico
Gender: F
Occupation: n/a
Education: started a bit of schooling to become kindergarten teacher (did not complete)
Internet access: very low data (grandfathered family plan w Telcel) on phone; wifi at home with Telmex
Technical comfort: 2-3

Day in the Life edit

Monica has a baby who's a little over a year old, and lives with her mother. She has a brother and sister who are both married. Monica spends the majority of her time taking care of her baby, helping out at her brother's natural medical consulting company, and looking for other jobs.

Aspirations edit

Her goals are to find a temporary job, then enroll in university. She started going to school to become a kindergarten teacher, but had to pause after she got pregnant. She'd like to go back, because she believes kindergarten sets the basis of a good education.

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