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Gap Year Lessons Learned
February is Gap Year Exploration Month and AMIGOS is proud to support the movement to popularize gap years. Our Gap Program began in 2012 in…
Read MoreRomina’s Reflections on a Virtual Gap Semester
Romina is a student in from Maryland who is currently enrolled in our fall Civic Action Gap Semester, an exciting partnership program in collaboration with…
Read MoreAlice’s Experience with the Civic Action Gap Semester
Gap Program, Virtual, What's Happening
Alice is a participant this fall in the Civic Action Gap Semester, an exciting partnership program in collaboration with the Tufts University Jonathan M. Tisch…
Read MoreCivic Action Gap Semester: Aidan’s Story
Aidan is a student from Connecticut who joined our first cohort of the Civic Action Gap Semester, an exciting partnership program in collaboration with the…
Read MoreSilver Linings
Written by Kaylee C. I don’t think I quite thought through the omnipresence of language in everyday life until I faced the language barrier in…
Read MorePost-College Amigo
Written by Helen T. Coming into college, I had no idea what I wanted to do. My university forced me to choose a major, so…
Read MoreService and Sustainability
Written by Ellen G. My internship is at an organization for people with down syndrome that serves as a school as well as a training…
Read MoreFeria Libre
Written by Sydney R. Trips to Feria Libre Market can be quite the sensory overload. It’s unlikely you’ll go even a few minutes without a…
Read MoreEmbracing Change
Written by Luke P. The moment had finally arrived. There we were—Abuelita Carmen, Julian, Emilio, and I—our faces looking out to the empty landing strip…
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