1. Personal Life
1.1. Salvador Amaya was the husband of Gomez.
1.1.1. The couple had four kids.
1.2. Gomez was a school teacher.
2. Death and Abduction
2.1. April 5, 1989.
2.1.1. Gomez was returning from the John F. Kennedy School in Ilopango.
2.2. Heavily armed men dressed in civilian clothing forced her into a van.
2.2.1. General Juan Rafael Bustillo, the then-head of the Salvadoran Air Force, has been implicated in the murder.
2.2.1.1. General Bustillo had publicly threatened Gomez on previous occasions.
2.2.1.1.1. It is believed Bustillo had ordered the killing.
2.3. Gomez was found dead on the side of a main road.
2.4. Gomez's body showed signs of torture and burns, most likely caused by chemicals such as acid; she had been beaten in the face, and acid marks on her shoulders were found. She had been shot four times.
2.5. all educational activities to protest Gomez's murder and demanded that the country's chief prosecutor begin proceedings to bring those responsible to justice.
3. El Salvador
3.1. The smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America.
3.2. Persistent socioeconomic inequality.
4. Christian Mission
4.1. Emmanuel Baptist Church.
4.1.1. Gomez was a national leader both of Baptist women and in the teachers' union.
4.2. She was a founder of the National Coordination of Salvadoran Women.
4.2.1. founded in 1986
4.2.2. help fix issues which directly affect poor women in El Salvador, including domestic violence and rape, economic survival, lack of political participation, and social inequality.
4.2.2.1. As a response with cases related to rape and domestic violence, a clinic was opened by CONAMUS in 1989.
5. Reading
5.1. Reading is a part of educating the women. Gomez decided to teach the women to read by visiting the local villages in her spare time.
5.2. Teaching the women to read was very important for women according to the point of view of Gomez.
5.2.1. If a woman could read, she would be able to get information related the leaflets of farming and health. Thus, the quality of life would be increased..
5.2.1.1. The educated peasants made some people afraid that they would demand for their rights.
6. After Death
6.1. After death, Gomez's church commissioned a local artist to paint a wooden cross with scenes from Gomez's life, portraying her work among the poor women of El Salvador.
6.1.1. Images of this cross have become internationally recognised, as they are used by churches and schools around the world to tell the story of Gomez's life and death.