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Gap Year in Nicaragua: In Mateo’s Words

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Gap Year in Nicaragua: Mateo’s Experience and Advice For my gap year in Nicaragua I lived in Leon, participating as a volunteer for Amigos de Las…

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Alumni Spotlight: How AMIGOS Impacted Darien Clary’s Career

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AMIGOS alum Darien Clary AMIGOS organizes immersion programs in Latin America for high school and college students seeking powerful life experiences.…

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First Impressions of Paraguay

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Bay Area Youth Ambassador Perspectives Jack The arrival of the 2017 Bay Area Youth Ambassadors to Asunción, Paraguay on June 21 was exhausting and exciting…

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Alumni Spotlight: Ben moves up the AMIGOS leadership ladder

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Hi there! My name is Ben, and I was an AMIGOS participant four years ago in the province of Azuay in southern Ecuador. I thought…

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Gap Year in Nicaragua: An Interview with Sophie

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Gap Year in Nicaragua: An Interview with Sophie Why did you decide to do a gap year in Nicaragua with AMIGOS? I decided to participate in…

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La que siembra cosecha – Laying the Foundation for an AMIGOS Summer

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Laying the foundation for an AMIGOS summer Nicol (Project Director) and I (Jordan, Assistant Project Director) have been busy, busy, busy setting up the Matagalpa…

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Q&A with Sawyer, Gap Participant in Nicaragua

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How did you choose a Gap Year with AMIGOS? Tufts University has a partnership with AMIGOS, and they encouraged me to look into the gap year…

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Summer in Barranquilla: The Beginning

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Participants have arrived for their summer in Barranquilla! The first participants of the summer have arrived in the field! Barranquilla, Colombia Project Director Matteo has been…

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Gap Year in Nicaragua: Emma’s Perspective

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Gap Year with AMIGOS in Nicaragua Taking a gap year or semester is an increasingly popular route for high school graduates to gain skills and…

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