Kenia Xiomara Guante Valdez is a Dominican educator and public official who serves as the director of the National Institute for Comprehensive Early Childhood Care (Inaipi). She has 41 years of teaching experience and an extensive background linked to public education, union activity, and public service.
Throughout his career, he has held significant responsibilities in defense of the teaching profession and the Dominican educational system. His experience includes the presidency of the Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP), roles in the Central American Parliament (Parlacen), and responsibilities within the public administration.
Their professional career combines teaching, union leadership, political representation, and institutional management.
Academic background of Kenia Xiomara Guante Valdez
Kenia Xiomara Guante Valdez holds a Master’s degree in Social, Legal and Humanities Research from the Miguel de Cervantes University, in Spain, completed between 2015 and 2017.
His academic background is complemented by more than four decades dedicated to teaching and extensive experience linked to education, teacher representation, and public policy.
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Career in education and unionism
Guante Valdez has more than 20 years of union experience linked to the defense of teachers’ rights and the strengthening of public education in the Dominican Republic.
During that career, he held the presidency of the Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP), one of the main trade union organizations in the country’s education sector.
His participation in the union and educational sphere allowed him to assume representation and leadership responsibilities related to the conditions of the teaching profession and the challenges of the Dominican educational system.
Deputy to the Central American Parliament
Between 2020 and 2024, Kenia Xiomara Guante Valdez served as a deputy to the Central American Parliament (Parlacen), representing the Dominican Republic.
During her tenure at that regional body, she also chaired the Education Commission, from where she was involved in the analysis and discussion of initiatives related to education and other topics of interest for the countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic.
This experience expanded their career path from the national educational sphere toward spaces of regional representation and integration.
Vice Minister of the Ministry of the Presidency
In August 2025, Guante Valdez assumed the position of Vice Minister of Innovation, Transparency and Citizen Attention of the Ministry of the Presidency (Mapre).
From that responsibility, she was linked to areas related to public management, institutional transparency, innovation, and citizen service departments.
His time at the Ministry of the Presidency strengthened a career that already combined educational, union, political, and institutional experience.
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Inaipi Director
Currently, Kenia Xiomara Guante Valdez is the director of the National Institute for Comprehensive Early Childhood Care (Inaipi), an institution in charge of developing comprehensive care services aimed at children during early childhood in the Dominican Republic.
Her appointment to lead Inaipi represents a new stage in a career spanning more than four decades related to education, union leadership, and public service.
The experience accumulated as a teacher, union leader, parliamentarian, and public official constitutes the foundation of her professional trajectory and her participation in institutions related to education and social policies in the Dominican Republic.
