Your sponsorship will help AMIGOS empower more students and will directly support our youth leadership programs. As a sponsor of the Adelante Benefit, you will lead our community in making an impact for AMIGOS. Please view the sponsorship levels below.
Reach out to Dorothy Nugent with questions at [email protected].
Impact: Your sponsorship can support 10 financial awards for students aspiring to do AMIGOS.
Impact: Your sponsorship can support new technology to support all programs.
Impact: Your sponsorship can support participation of 20 Latin American Youth Leaders on our programs.
Impact: Your sponsorship can support community service project supplies in ten host communities.
Impact: Your sponsorship can support community service project supplies in 5 host communities.
Impact: Your sponsorship can support training for project staff who run our programs.
All sponsors will be recognized in event and promotional materials.
The Adelante Auction will accompany the event. This live and silent auction will be at the event and online, with some items being presented exclusively at the event itself. Please complete the form below to donate an item(s) to the auction catalog.
Your support will help AMIGOS inspire more young leaders across the Americas to unite with one another and transform communities. Funds raised will support our programs, financial assistance fund, and Latin American youth sponsorships. Click below to reserve your seat.
Theresa (she/her) wears many hats. Anthropologist. Entrepreneur. Investor. Philanthropist. She has spent the past two decades working to understand global poverty and injustice and to support efforts on the ground aimed at transforming political, economic, and social systems in order to better the lives of individuals.
She is the founder of and board chair for 128 Collective , a progressive think tank working toward a climate-safe world for everyone. This work brings climate-curious donors together to co-fund ambitious science-driven projects focused on shifting power relations and fueled by movements of intersectional actors who have the most to gain from a just transition.
José Oscar Luna’s life trajectory changed during six transformative weeks in the Yucatan with Amigos de Las Americas. As a high school student from an immigrant family who had never imagined he belonged in spaces like universities or countries beyond his neighborhood borders, that experience fundamentally expanded his sense of possibility and belonging.
Through service, cultural immersion, and navigating unfamiliar environments, José discovered he could thrive anywhere while staying connected to his roots. Working alongside community members, navigating a new language and customs, solving problems he’d never encountered, he discovered parts of himself he didn’t know existed. He realized that the values his family had instilled in him, the resilience they’d developed together, weren’t limitations to overcome but strengths to build upon.
This international experience built the confidence and cultural capital that carried him through college and into his current doctoral work in education at Santa Clara University. José now researches how these same types of transformative experiences can create pathways to success for other young people from underrepresented communities.
For José, serving as MC represents more than a full-circle moment. As we celebrate Amigos’ continued mission of creating global citizens through transformative service, his story reminds us that organizations like this don’t just change individual lives. They build bridges between communities, create pathways where none existed before, and prove that when we invest in young people’s potential, magic happens. The work continues, and the impact ripples forward through every life touched by this incredible organization.
Reese Akel is a senior in high school passionate about the intersection of science, sustainability, and community action. Drawn to biochemistry and the precision of lab work, she hopes to explore how science can advance both environmental and human health. Her passion for sustainability deepened during a three-week trip to the Panamanian highlands with Amigos de las Américas, where she and other volunteers supported farm conservation projects and taught children about emergency preparedness. The experience strengthened her leadership skills and inspired her to take a more active role in her own community.
A cumbia band hailing from Oakland, CA which will light up our reception.
Alexander Hansen and Anne Wintroub
Anne Morriss and Francis Frei
Bryn Siegel
David and Joanna Quinto
Doug and Stacy Alexander
Elisa Nino‑Sears and Justin Sears
Eric Donnelly
Jennifer Brodsky and Kumar Dandapani
Jenny Everett
Kimberly and Billy Hewlett
Kristin Kaper
Kristine and Aaron Lamson
Krisa Van Meurs and Peter Farmer
Lisa Pieper
Mark Reynolds
Mary Stelletello and Andy Howick
Megan McTiernan
Missa Thumm and Chris Thayer
Nichol Garzon and Eric Save de Beaurecueil
Patricia Callaway and Tom Crabtree
Peter Benziger
Sara and Andrew Nathan
Sierra Hawthorne and Krishna Esteva
Stephanie Falkenstein and Subir Kumedan
Steven and Anna Pletcher
Viviana and David Denechaud
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Do not hesitate to reach out to Dorothy Nugent at [email protected] with questions about lodging and accommodations. We hope to see you soon!
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