Alicia Avilés

Alicia Avilés is a Costa Rican educator and activist. Avilés worked for 12 years as an elementary school teacher in Nicaragua. After settling in La Carpio, she helped create an arts organization, Sistema Integral de Formación Artística para la Inclusión Social (SIFAIS). Avilés is the community director of SIFAIS.

Biography Avilés was born in Managua. She was educated at Lumen Christi and at Loyola High School. She was also seeking a better economic opportunity in Costa Rica.

Avilés has become the civic leader of the La Carpio neighborhood in, San José. Also in 2011, Avilés helped create a youth orchestra in the neighborhood.