It’s starting to sink in…

Four days left. Cuatro días. It feels so surreal. I can hardly believe it. I have always thought of this trip as being in the distant future.  “Not until summer,” I would tell myself. “I still have time.” But summer is here! The past few nights have been almost...

“Wow, Argentina! What are you going to do there?”

I have gotten asked the question a few times from friends and family, “Wow, Argentina!  What you are going to do there?”  The answer is the most exciting part of the trip.  We will be teaching in the Mary Graham school in San Juan for four days.  The first day is an...

The Return of the American Teachers: From Winona to Argentina

This trip to Argentina actually began almost 150 years ago, when some of the first graduates from Winona Normal School traveled to Argentina at the request of President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. They went to help renovate the nation’s school system and served as...