Where There Be Dragons: Guatemala & Mexico Semester Recently Updated

Build Spanish language fluency: learn from grassroots activists, and engage with diverse Mesoamerican communities, cultures, and territories throughout Guatemala and southern Mexico. For students interested in exploring grassroots activism, sustainable agriculture, Latin American colonial history, and dramatically improving their Spanish-speaking skills through classes and cultural immersion.

Program Highlights & Outcomes:

• Deepen your Spanish skills and confidence through personalized small group classes and individual homestays with welcoming families
• Support community projects and movements in Guatemala and Southern Mexico to gain service hours while learning more about what ethical and responsible service looks like in practice
• Immerse yourself with local families through extended individual homestays in urban and rural communities gaining an unparalleled understanding of daily life
• Explore the vibrant colors, flavors, communities and ancestral landscapes of the Guatemalan and southern Mexican peoples and learn how to navigate daily life in Latin America
• Visit remote mountain villages as you hike through breathtaking hills and take in a sunrise over the incomparable Lago Atitlán, surrounded by verdant volcanoes
• Engage in conversations about Mayan and Aztec ancestral knowledge and learn directly from indigenous communities about agriculture, spirituality, and medicine of Mesoamerican people