exclusive interview with gap student isabella tanaka Why did you choose to do a Gap Year? Why Amigos? In 2014, I participated as a volunteer with AMIGOS in Costa Rica after … Read More

Torneo VIDA//Life Tournament By Jenko Del Rosario Loor, 2015 Ecuador Youth Ambassador Jenko was selected from more than 300 applicants to represent Ecuador in Houston last year. Upon returning home … Read More

10 Things I have Learned In Paraguay By: Cora Avery Ever wonder what knowledge being fully-immersed in another country will give you? Here are 10 things I learned while living … Read More

AMIGOS alum Mike Nelson, was inspired by his experiences at AMIGOS and by his professors at CU-Boulder. After spending three summers in Latin America, a year studying abroad in Seville, … Read More

“GOOD NEWS: BBC polls says ‘global citizenship’ is on the rise.”  By Yosola Olorunshola on April 28, 2016, GlobalCitizen.org It’s always wonderful to wake up to a headline like this. … Read More

2016 Bay Area Youth Ambassadors training has begun! On Monday April 25th, the Bay Area Youth Ambassadors cohort began their pre-trip training. Our group in general is just wonderful – … Read More

AMIGOS 2016 Summer Leadership Team members (formerly known as Project Staff), has been inspired by their own AMIGOS experiences to raise $30,000 for AMIGOS, including financial assistance to provide low-income … Read More

EL MUNDO NECESITO MAS AMIGOS! Hundreds of students every summer accept the challenge and chose to get out of their element. Will you be one of them? “AMIGOS has played … Read More

Our alum of the week is Jacque Kutvirt. Jacque was a Participant in 2005 in Veraguas, Panama, a Project Supervisor in 2008 in Chontales, Nicaragua, a Senior Project Supervisor in … Read More

ALUMNI REFLECTION By Deborah Wang, Houston Chapter, Cotopaxi, Ecuador (2012). I signed up for Amigos de las Américas on a complete whim during fall of 2011, my sophomore year of … Read More