International Women’s Day – Sitting (no, kicking) in Our Power

(Nelly, Community Counselor, and her powerful au pairs in New Jersey.) Happy International Women's Day To celebrate, GA would like to spotlight on taking the power. The World Health Organization estimates that 1 in every 3 women in the world experience violence and these stats have not improved over the past decade. Women living overseas are [...]

By |2023-03-08T15:25:03-05:00March 8th, 2023|Blog|Comments Off on International Women’s Day – Sitting (no, kicking) in Our Power

HERstory – Au Pairs Celebrate the Women that Inspire Them

We asked APIA au pairs nationwide to share stories about some of the female influencers in their life and we got some wonderful responses.  In celebration of international women's month, read below to find some unsung HERoes in their own right and how they inspire in the everyday.  Here's to you! Sydney from Canada (living [...]

By |2022-03-22T19:28:20-04:00March 22nd, 2022|Blog|Comments Off on HERstory – Au Pairs Celebrate the Women that Inspire Them

Celebrating International Education Week (Nov 15-19), 2021

The US Department of State’s “International Education Week (IEW), November 15-19, 2021 is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and [...]

By |2021-11-24T13:48:03-05:00November 11th, 2021|Blog|Comments Off on Celebrating International Education Week (Nov 15-19), 2021

2020 International Women’s Day: Giovana R. from Brazil

Giovana R. from Brazil in Dominique Ortiz's Arlington, VA cluster. I think becoming an Au Pair brought me such a lot of good things, like, I learned that I don't need anyone to be happy, I learn how to be stronger, how it's necessary to have our own space, and everything happens for some reason! [...]

By |2020-03-30T16:07:00-04:00March 28th, 2020|2020 International Women's Day|Comments Off on 2020 International Women’s Day: Giovana R. from Brazil

2020 International Women’s Day: Cassia F. from Brazil

Cassia F. from Brazil in Melissa Oro's Milwaukee, WI cluster. My au pair experience can be influence in my future on the way I would be give education to my children, because I appreciate the way my host mom do that, as she teach them to think about life, or what is the better way [...]

By |2020-03-20T14:34:53-04:00March 27th, 2020|2020 International Women's Day|Comments Off on 2020 International Women’s Day: Cassia F. from Brazil

2020 International Women’s Day: Annika V. from Germany

Annika V. from Germany in Kaisa Auge-Katz's Chicago, IL cluster: Study, get a job, build a home, marry, have kids ‚ that's how I always thought my life will look like. "Always" means since I can think of and "thought" means past tense; it means "not anymore". My life changed when I made the decision [...]

By |2020-03-20T14:23:55-04:00March 26th, 2020|2020 International Women's Day|Comments Off on 2020 International Women’s Day: Annika V. from Germany

2020 International Women’s Day: Ellis C. from Brazil

Ellis C. from Brazil in Susan Grubstein's Brooklyn, NY cluster: Courage...to start the process, to move on, to say goodbye, to arrive in another country and to live in this new culture. Courage is what I will bring to my future, courage to move forward without fear of someone stopping me and saying what I [...]

By |2020-03-18T13:55:56-04:00March 25th, 2020|2020 International Women's Day|Comments Off on 2020 International Women’s Day: Ellis C. from Brazil

2020 International Women’s Day: Chahee S. from Korea

Chahee S. from Korea in Diana Kustra's Pennsylvania cluster: My year-long goal is to produce a short film at the New York Film School. I want to study in the U.S for a doctorate. Because I want to make a movie about a Korean princess for Disney. Since so many cultures are here in the [...]

By |2020-03-18T13:53:20-04:00March 24th, 2020|2020 International Women's Day|Comments Off on 2020 International Women’s Day: Chahee S. from Korea
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