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AMIGOS Summit Recap
Alumni Stories, Our Community, What's Happening
2019 AMIGOS Summit Recap The AMIGOS Summit in Houston, TX on October 18 & 19, 2019 truly showcased the head, the soul, and the heart…
Parent’s Guide to Gap Years
By Sophie Zeigler, parent of current AMIGOS Gap Uruguay volunteer Reed. Sophie will be visiting Reed next month in Uruguay to see the beautiful city…
AMIGOS When You Need It the Most
Alumni Stories, Discover AMIGOS, Panama
By Mia Cooper, 2016 Azuero, Panama AMIGOS alumna and 2019 Discover AMIGOS Assistant Project Director One thing I can promise you is that your…
Finding Kindness in Uncertainty
By Sydney Rubin Change is overwhelming; joining another family’s pre-existing routines is awkward. There’s lots of uncertainty: Where should I do my homework, how often…
Experiencing Carnaval in Uruguay with my Host Mom
By Colin Yeo Coming from a background of studying theater design and production, I was very lucky to be assigned Aracely as my host mom.…
All the Little Things
By Luke Petrosky Before I embarked on this gap year journey, I received advice from others telling me to come into this experience without expectations.…
Journalism as a Tool to Learn a Language
By Sophia Vahanvaty Almost every day of our four weeks of Spanish classes at Academia Uruguay, the discussion in my class would inevitably drift to…