Cinco de Mayo has come to signify Hispanic and Mexican pride and a time to celebreate the rich culture. Today, this holiday is celebrated by Mexicans and especially the Hispanic community in the U.S. It is a time of song, dance, partying and in general, a time to be proud to be of Hispanic descent! [...]
Songkran 2013 Dates When: 13th – 15th April, 2013 Where: Thailand Water Festival in Thailand (Songkran) - You will get wet on the 13th of April – if you happen to be in Thailand. It’s a given that you won’t escape the water pistols, the water balloons and buckets of water as the Thais celebrate [...]
Chen Li Ng, known to her friends at Au Pair in America as Mia is an active participant in the Global Awareness program, submitting original songs, with her friend, Celine, that express her experience with cultural exchange. Mia's counselor, Chris Sherman has been a great support to Mia during her time in CT, facilitating an [...]
I recently heard from Cindy Garruba, a counselor on the northshore of Long Island. Cindy is a great supporter of cultural exchange and recently shared feedback she'd received from one of her Brazilian au pairs, Patricia. Patricia, wrote, "The two years that I lived in America (2010-2012) changed my impressions about Americans and about their way of [...]
We're on a path to women's rights, gender equality and ending violence towards women. Let today be a reminder that there's so much work still to be done; let's hold hands and march together until our goals have been achieved. http://song.unwomen.org/
March 8 is International Women's Day, a day that honors the work of our earliest suffragettes and celebrates women's achievements of the past century My grandmother was a suffragette, and carried a banner high as she marched for equal rights for women. I'm so proud of her! An immigrant, who came to this country, from Russia, without [...]
Bruna, from Brazil, a former au pair and now back in Brazil teaching English, wrote to say that "yes, living in the U.S. changed my mind about Americans. ...back home, people believe that Americans are always up to something and whatever they do is always about them. I tell them that judging Americans without living with [...]
Au Pair in America has au pairs arriving to the U.S. from so many different countries. These young women take a leap of faith, trusting that the net will be there. And be there it is! With an excellent field network of community counselors, a dedicated staff in Stamford, CT and host families wanting to [...]