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Considering a Gap Year?

Due to uncertainty around the pandemic’s impact on colleges this year, many students are considering gap years instead. AMIGOS began offering Gap Programs in Latin…

AMIGOS Alumna Combats Coronavirus Misinformation

Alumni in the News, Young Alumni

Lindsey Leininger is a public health educator, researcher, and clinical professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. Alongside several friends with expertise in public health,…

Sara Nathan Discusses How to Talk to Your Teen About COVID-19

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AMIGOS President & CEO Sara Nathan joined Houston’s Fox 26 News to discuss how to talk to teens about COVID-19. She shares what it means…

AMIGOS Alumna Sara Cody and Bay Area COVID-19 Response

Alumni in the News

Dr. Sara Cody and her team in Santa Clara County were the first in the U.S. to order a lockdown to stem the spread of…

AMIGOS Featured in 2019 Houston Charity Guide

Culture Map Houston compiled a guide to nonprofit organizations in Houston they recommend supporting in 2019. Amigos de las Américas made the list! We’re honored…

Louisville students represented the US in Youth Ambassadors Program

AMIGOS was featured in the Louisville Courier-Journal in an article by Elaine Rooker Jack. Several local students were selected to take part in the Youth…

Shawnee Mission East Receives the Global Citizenship Award

By: Shawnee Mission School District   Shawnee Mission East received the Amigos de las Américas Global Citizenship Award. This award is given to schools that have…

St. John’s senior learned to use talents

Young Alumni

Maya Lewis is a high school senior who is heading to Brown University in the fall. She participated with AMIGOS in Panama before her junior…

Senior embarks on immersion trip

We’re excited to welcome Matt Marschall on our Gap Program in Ecuador this fall! He was featured in his school newspaper. Read the article, in…