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Home / Awards / Path to Peace Award / 2006 THE PATH TO PEACE AWARD RECIPIENTS 2006 - Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg 
H. R. H. The Grand Duchess Maria Teresa was born in Havana, Cuba. During the Cuban revolution, her family left the country and settled in New York, where, as a young girl, she attended Marymount School and the Lycée Français de New York. In 1965, she and her family took up permanent residence in Geneva, Switzerland. Miss Mestre first continued her studies at the Institut Marie-José at Gstaad, then at the boarding school Marie-Thérèse in Geneva, where she successfully passed the French General Certificate of Education in 1975. In 1980, she graduated from the University of Geneva with a degree in political science. Miss Mestre met Prince Henri of Luxembourg while at the University. They married on 14 February 1981, and have five children. Since 1997, the Grand Duchess serves as a Good-Will Ambassador of UNESCO and supports organizations which are active in the field of micro-credits and child protection. She also has a deep concern for the social situation in her country, dedicating her efforts mainly to children and families in danger, to the social integration of persons who are physically, mentally or socially impaired, and to gender related issues. The Grand Duchess has granted her patronage and active support notably to the Luxembourg League of Blind People, the National Nurses’ Association and the Alzheimer Association of Luxembourg. She also chairs the Foundation Prince Henri-Princess Maria Teresa for the disabled and occupies the Honorary Chair of the Foundation for Research on AIDS. She is a member of the Council of Trustees of The Mentor Foundation which concentrates on the prevention of substance abuse among children and young people and which maintains a special relationship with the World Health Organization. It is in recognition of her outstanding service and tireless humanitarian efforts that the Path to Peace Foundation honors the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg with the 2006 Path to Peace Award, which will be presented in to her at a Gala Dinner held by the Foundation at the United Nations in New York City.
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