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Rosa Leal de Pérez

Guatemalan psychologist and public official (1953–2025)

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Pérez was a kindergarten teacher for a period of four years, from 1975 to 1979, is a technician in psychometrics and school orientation, and has a degree in clinical psychology from Rafael Landívar University. From 1980 to 1995, Leal was Director of the National Primary Education, specializing in nursery school.

Biography

Rosa Leal de Pérez was born in Guatemala City, the eponymous capital of Guatemala, on 9 December 1953. She would also study in Guatemala City, enrolling at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala to look for a degree in psychology. At 17, she married future President of Guatemala and General Otto Pérez Molina. For the decade after her husband and Roxana Baldetti founded the Guatemalan Patriotic Party, Leal worked for the party's affairs.

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