Helga P. Aguayo

The wife of Conscientious Objector Agustin currently awaiting and sits in pre-trial confinement in Germany, Helga Aguayo has organized her husband's campaign, has found support systems for Augie in Europe and in the US and works relentlessly advocating for him. She lived on a military base in Germany (hub for deployments to the Middle East) for over 3 years.

She is fully aware of the workings of a military family and deployments as she cared for their two children through Agustin's deployment from 2004-2005. Prior to Agustin joining the Army, she worked for a not-for-profit organization advocating for people who live with HIV and AIDS. She was the Program Director for the North County HIV AIDS Alliance AV. While there, she improved client services and access to services by building a collaborative among non-profit agencies, community based organizations, and community members. She graduated from The Antelope Valley College in 2001 with studies in Business and Computer Science. Currently she works advocating for Agustin and awaiting his return to continue their lives working towards peace and ending this war. She is the mother of 2 daughters (twins) Rebecca and Raquel Aguayo both 11.