On Learning and Service: Cellestine’s AMIGOS Story Earlier this year, AMIGOS alum Cellestine contacted us because she created a workshop about cultural humility inspired by her experience in Nicaragua with AMIGOS last summer. In her words, “I have loved the leadership training I have received both [at my school] and through AMIGOS and thought that … Read More

Olivia is a second-generation AMIGOS alum that participated in the La Costa project in Ecuador this past summer. She shared with us some of her favorite memories with AMIGOS, from making new Ecuadorian friends and practicing Spanish with them, to exploring and learning more about a South American country and its unique and lively culture. … Read More

In Conversation with Peter Fenton About Peter Peter Fenton is a partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm. His current Board Seats include Airtable, Buoyant, Clickhouse, Cloudera (IPO: CLDR), Cockroach Labs, Digits, Docker, Elasticsearch (IPO: ESTC), Robocorp, Slashtalk, Sorare, TimescaleDB, and Wildlife Studios. His previous investments include Coremetrics (acquired by IBM), EngineYard, FriendFeed (acquired by … Read More

Mateo (Peru ’14, Costa Rica ’19) was kind enough to share his statement of purpose for graduate school with AMIGOS. He cites his experiences with AMIGOS as being pivotal to developing his career interests and worldview. Read his statement of purpose below!   Mateo’s Statement of Purpose In a world riddled with the disastrous environmental … Read More

One of our Community Impact Project volunteers- Alana, from Austin, TX – shares about her experiences with AMIGOS and her service project about voting! Learn about the Community Impact Project here.   My name is Alana, and I was born and lived in Boston, MA for 11 years, but now I live in Austin, TX. … Read More

Anne Morriss (’94, ’95, ’96, ’97) and her wife Frances Frei recently published a book on leadership, Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You. Anne Morriss is a serial entrepreneur and Frances Frei is a professor at Harvard Business School. We had the chance to interview Anne about her life, career, and … Read More

One of our Community Impact Project volunteers- Saylor, from San Carlos, CA – shares about her experiences with AMIGOS in Panama and virtually, as well as her service project about mental health support! Learn about the Community Impact Project here.   In the summer of 2019, I went to Coclé, Panama with AMIGOS. When COVID-19 … Read More

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 her service project! Learn about the Community Impact Project here.   I decided to join the Community Impact Project because I loved my experience with AMIGOS when I went to … Read More

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 and the speaking English regularly with native speakers! Learn about the Community Impact Project here.   I decided to join the AMIGOS Community Impact project because I was in mid-term … Read More

Earlier this spring, AMIGOS joined the Houston Independent Student District’s inaugural Virtual Global Issues Summit. Organized by HISD Abroad, this event brought together students, parents, educators, and more from 22 countries to discuss global issues with a global audience. Passionate young leaders from HISD gave speeches on related topics, which were rated by spectators and … Read More