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Each evening, the Student Leaders of the Day write a daily trip blog, sharing everything from funny moments and inside jokes to detailed recaps and deep reflections on their experiences. Family and friends back home leave supportive comments as they follow along. Explore some of our Alumni Interns’ favorite blogs from 2024 or search all student trip blogs below.

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JA2A Return Critical Flight Change

(UPDATED at 12:50 am with new flight information) Hello Parents & Guardians of Delegation JA2A, There has been a critical change to your student’s…
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Day 9: Exploring Conservation and Fun Day

Today, we primarily learned about Costa Rica’s conservation policies and their historical significance from our wonderful guest speaker, Karla. Karla runs a dairy farm…
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Starting Community Action Project Planning

Hola, padres y tutores! Today, we spent the whole day at the base house learning about the project we will be starting tomorrow at…
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Working Like A Local!!! (No. 4)

Hola! This is Lola and Mayra ? This morning, we worked with the sweetest mamitas at Mercado San Alfonso (the local food market in…
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Cap Day 3! (No. 6)

Hey, fam, only two days left and we are feeling immaculate!! So, here we go, to start our day we ate some exquisite sandwiches…

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Free Day! (No. 15)

Hello family and friends, Today was the Glimpsers’ Free Day! Glimpsers slept in until 8:30 am and then headed to breakfast. Today we ate…
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Welcome to Riobamba! (No. 3)

We can’t believe the time is almost here. We would like to express how excited we are to meet all of you this summer.…
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San Francisco in our Hearts

Leaving San Francisco After saying farewell to families, we had a very smooth check-in process. Many of us even got through security without having…
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Sustainability in Action

Hi, from Savannah and Sergio! When asked to volunteer to be the first Lideres del día, we were the first two to raise our…
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Day 8: Environmental Justice (No. 2)

Today, we spent an educational day at the base house where we discussed multiple topics pertaining to environmental justice. We had breakfast at 7:30…