Arnold Ciego

Father, husband, pastor and community Leader. Born in Livingston, Izabal, Guatemala, from an early age Ciego became involved in community work. In 2005 he led youth initiatives at a local, nationa, and international level in his native Guatemala, traveling to various places in interior Guatemala and Central America, promoting multiculturalism and youth participation in different areas.Ciego moved to the United States in 2006; and is currently serving as co-pastor of the Jehovah Shalom Church, a Hispanic Congregation with more than 300 members located in the Bronx. He is also the founding president of the Children of Livingston Organization, a group of Garífuna visionaries who work to strengthen, innovate, and support the visions of self-sustainable entrepreneurship of Garífuna and Guatemalan people. He is currently a board member of the Honduran Organization Against AIDS / Casa Yurumein, a collaborator with many other community organizations here in the Y.S. and abroad. He is the founding director of the virtual program “Conversando Con Arnold Ciego,” a virtual platform that was born out of the need to disseminate contributions and make visible the contribution of the Garífuna people in social networks. Ciego has also participated in international meetings with the UN and OAS, proudly representing his organization. Ciego graduated from the ASA University of Manhattan, NY in 2011 with a degree in accounting in business Administration; he also graduated from the BCC Adonai Christian University in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in Theology and Christian Education. Ciego has several certificates from different courses, including one received from the HarvardX program in the American Government and Its Constitutional Foundation course.