Guatemala, to which the refugees returned voluntarily in 1991. At their request, Sister Joannes joined the refugees' repatriation. She has lived and worked among them ever since, supporting and promoting their efforts to build communities and recover from the upheaval and trauma of displacement." Sister Joannes continues to spend time in Yalpemech, and brings volunteers from her home church in Wisconsin to Guatemala. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American Roman Catholic nuns 21st-century American Roman Catholic nuns People from Wisconsin Nansen Refugee Award laureates