Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch explained

Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch
Birth Name:Isabel Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
Birth Date:23 July 1931
Birth Place:San Cristóbal Totonicapán, Guatemala
Death Place:Guatemala City, Guatemala
Occupation:Philanthropist, businesswoman
Organization:CMI Guatemala
Children:5, including Juan Luis and Felipe
Parents:Juan Bautista Gutiérrez
Felipa Gutiérrez
Relatives:Juan José Gutiérrez Mayorga (nephew)
Dionisio Gutiérrez Mayorga (nephew)

Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch (23 July 1931 – 6 September 2020) was a Guatemalan businesswoman and philanthropist who was awarded the Order of the Quetzal in 2005.

Biography

Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch was born at San Cristóbal Totonicapán on 23 July 1931, the daughter of Juan Bautista Gutiérrez, founder of the Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI).[1] She lived until the age of 5 in Totonicapán, after which her family moved to Quetzaltenango, where she remained until at age 19.

She married Alfonso Bosch; they had five children, including Juan Luis and Felipe Bosch Gutiérrez, both businessmen. Her husband, along with her brother Dionisio, died in a plane crash in 1974 while most of her children were still young.

She was founder and president of Fundaniñas,[2] an organization that cares for abandoned girls, girls in conflict with the law, and young, low-income girls with potential.  She was the first female president of a Rotary Club in Central America.[3] She was involved in a scholarship program for low-income Guatemalan youths pursue a college education, a health program for 13 to 18-year old youths, and a nutrition program addressing the problem of chronic malnutrition in rural Guatemala.[4]

Isabel de Bosch was also president of the Juan Bautista Gutierrez Foundation, a Guatemalan philanthropic organization that belongs to Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI). The Foundation was established in 1974 and provided relief in the earthquake of 1976, Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and the hospital crisis of 2015.[5] [6]

She died in Guatemala City on 6 September 2020.[7] The Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch Foundation continues her work in child development and nutrition.[8]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fallece Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch. 2020-07-21. Forbes Centroamérica. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, un legado de educación. 2021-07-16. Es Desarrollo. 8 April 2021. Spanish.
  3. Web site: Alvarado. Mirna. September 6, 2020. Fallece rotaria destacada. 2021-07-22. La Prensa. es.
  4. News: Pérez Marroquín . César . Fallece Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, impulsora de la educación en Guatemala . 20 July 2021 . Prensa Libre . 6 September 2020 . es-GT.
  5. Web site: Biografía de Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, impulsora de la educación en Guatemala. 2020-07-20. Aprende Guatemala. Spanish.
  6. News: Relevancia Médica. 13 September 2020. René . Fonseca Borja. La grandeza hecha mujer. 2020-07-15. Spanish.
  7. Web site: Adiós a Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch. 2020-07-10. Estrategia y Negocios. Spanish.
  8. Web site: About Us. 2021-07-22. LOSA Group.
  9. News: Gonzalez . Luis . Luto en la sociedad guatemalteca, fallece Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch . 20 July 2021 . Republica . 6 September 2020 . es.
  10. Web site: Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch . Fundacion Juan Bautista Gutiérrez . 20 July 2021 . es . 21 October 2020.
  11. News: Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch recibe el Tenedor de Oro . 1 August 2021 . El Periodico . September 25, 2019.
  12. Web site: August 2020. Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch entre las 100 mujeres más poderosas de 2020 por Forbes. 2020-06-20. Spanish.