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Montañas y Mar Coffee Farm Visit

Today, the Montañas y Mar Session A team went to Life Café de Monteverde, a coffee farm right here in Monteverde! At first glance,…
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Live From Colorado!

Say “conservation conversations” three times fast! We hope you’re getting excited to join us out West, because we sure are! Project Director Survey last…
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Montañas y Mar: Week 1

Hi! Pura Vida! For now, we have been in Costa Rica for almost five days. On the first day we drove to Monteverde. On…
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Los Santos: Week 2

Week 2 – by Paola, Ethan, Bear, Molly, and Leo This week was full of many different excursions and activities. We began the week…
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La Sierra: Hello from La Granja!

After project staff met the volunteers in Quito, we arrived at our beautiful first project site Granja Learnaya early on Wednesday! After getting settled…
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La Costa: About the Region

La Costa of Ecuador is truly amazing. We will have three different sites (Bahia, Puerto Lopez, and Ayangue). The first two are in the…
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Ecuadorian Slang

¡Hola panas (friends)! Over the last two weeks that we (Project Staff) have all lived in Cuenca, Ecuador, we’ve picked up several helpful local…
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La Costa: Meet Your Project Staff

Joselin Hello from la mitad del mundo, Ecuador. My name is Joselin Hernandez and I will be your Project Director. I am from Nicaragua.…
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First Impressions from Sebastian, Pablo, and Mateo

Sebastian and his pod ¡Hola! Me llamo Sebastian, y soy un participante en el programa de Los Santos. Hasta ahora, me he divertido con…
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Western Colorado: Meet Your Staff Team!

ELLIE SCHWARTZ – PROJECT DIRECTOR Hello from beautiful Colorado! I’m Ellie, your Project Director for the Western Colorado summer program. We’re hard at work…
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