Foun­ded in 1994, The Miguel Angel Astu­rias Aca­demy is a pri­vate, non-profit Pre K-12 school in Que­tzal­te­nango, Gua­te­mala. Since its incep­tion with 80 stu­dents, the Aca­demy has grown tre­men­dously and currently ser­ves appro­xi­ma­tely 300 stu­dents from var­ying back­grounds: indi­ge­nous, non-indigenous, poor, wor­king, and middle class.