Jessica from Italy explains how she signed up to volunteer in her local adopted US community in three easy steps! Go to volunteermatch.com. Enter your US zip code and find a volunteer position that interest you. Meet US Americans, share of yourself and do some good work for people, animals or our shared planet. Share [...]
Christine Meeks, Community Counselor in Stamford, CT shared her cluster's involvement on Diversity Day. Rippowam Middle School hosted 6 au pairs from Au Pair in America as part of their Diversity Day on May 29th in an effort to expose middle school children to other cultures and raise global awareness. Liza Boiko from Russia, Silvia [...]
Community Counselors have identified these two au pairs as the Au Pair in America Explorers for May. Ermina H. from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Raquel Wilhelm's Maryland cluster. Ermina stands out as an Au Pair in America Explorer for several reasons. She attends cluster meetings, sits through the au pair webinars offered by Au Pair [...]
This year for International Education Week (IEW) we asked au pairs to share their stories. Included in their essays was their reason why speaking multiple languages is important. We have chosen 1 winner and 2 runner ups. Winner: Chanté from South Africa in Eileen Friedman's Long Island cluster. Chanté decided to teach Afrikaans, her native [...]
Italian au pair Marta B. chose a creative way to teach the 26 5th graders at Braddock Elementary in Los Angeles, CA about her homeland. She created a slideshow with pictures of art depicting important times in Italian history. She also had photos of popular Italian food, like pizza, and relayed the story behind the [...]
This year the Arlington County Public Schools reached out to the Arlington Community Counselors asking for Au Pairs to present during their Global Village Summer Camps at the Arlington Traditional Elementary School.Thea R. from Germany and Martina C. from Italy did a fantastic job sharing about their own countries. Thea presented to 3 classes of [...]
Ciao! I am Mara A. from Italy. I am an au pair in San Francisco, California and my Community Counselor is Lisa Castagna. My greatest accomplishment, in these 9 months as an au pair is that I have totally forgotten the meaning of the word "difference". I don't see a difference of color, religion or country. [...]
