Explore Coffee and Host Families in Costa Rica

I had the time of my life on this trip. Not only did I get to learn so much about the community and about coffee farming, but I made so many new friends and I learned a lot about myself. I can tell you that spending over a year in quarantine as a 15-16-year-old was not fun. Other than the company of my wonderful family, I was really deprived of social interaction. Being on this program introduced me to 22 other people that I am proud to call my friends and AMIGOS family. This trip connected me w...

I was really nervous about the program because I had never done anything like it before. The longest I had left home was 2 weeks, and the longest I had been away from my parents was only one week. I had never left my twin sister for longer than two nights and texted her the whole time I was gone. Such connection to the people I was leaving behind wasn't possible here. I remember crying on the way to the airport, and telling my mom that it wasn't too late to turn around (she disagreed). However, ...