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Alumni Spotlight: Community Impact Project Volunteer Saylor
Alumni Spotlight, Alumni Stories, Panama, Virtual
One of our Community Impact Project volunteers- Saylor, from San Carlos, CA – shares about her experiences with AMIGOS in Panama and virtually, as well…
Alumni Spotlight: Community Impact Project Volunteer Simran
Alumni Spotlight, Alumni Stories, Panama, Virtual
One of our Community Impact Project volunteers- Simran, from Los Altos, CA- shares about her experiences with AMIGOS in Panama and virtually, as well as…
Alumni Spotlight: Community Impact Project Volunteer Blessing
Alumni Spotlight, Alumni Stories, Virtual
One of our Community Impact Project volunteers- Blessing from Pérez Zeledón, San José, Costa Rica- shares about her experience building community on a virtual platform…
Second Summer in Panama: Discover AMIGOS vs. Summer Immersion
Alumni Stories, Discover AMIGOS, Panama, Summer Program
By AMIGOS Alum Jordan Chase. He has participated in both our Discover and Summer Immersion programs. In 2018 he joined the Discover AMIGOS Panama Project…
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…
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…
The Importance of Immersion: An Interview with Rachael Cohen
Rachael Cohen, an AMIGOS alum and former project supervisor, shares her most impactful experiences, the importance of cultural immersion, and how AMIGOS encouraged her to…
A Family of AMIGOS: A Love Story
Allison and Blake are AMIGOS alums who met in Latin America, where they both volunteered as Route Leaders in Paraguay in 1991. Eventually, they got…
Community is Where the Heart Is: An Interview with Lauren Kobashigawa
Alumni Stories, Dominican Republic
Lauren is an AMIGOS alumna who spent last summer with AMIGOS in the Dominican Republic. After returning home to the United States, she was inspired…