Archive:YA

• Josimar Madrigal

  From overcoming administrative hurdles to driving STEM innovation, Youth Ambassadors alumnus Josimar Madrigal from Costa Rica exemplifies resilience and community leadership. Discover how his exchange experience in Cleveland, Ohio inspired the development of “Moody”—an app supporting neurodivergent communication—alongside youth robotics mentorship and impactful civic initiatives.

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• Will Long

  Will is championing the core principles of democracy, civic literacy, and informed participation

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• Youth Ambassadors Caribbean 2025: Building Leadership and Friendship Across the Americas

  In August 2025, 30 young leaders from across the Caribbean traveled to the United States to participate in the Youth Ambassadors (YA) Caribbean exchange, a 14-day program designed to strengthen leade

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• Youth Ambassadors Caribbean Exchange 2024: Empowering Future Leaders Through Civic Engagement and Cultural Immersion

  The 2024 Youth Ambassadors Caribbean Exchange program, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, successfully brought together 29 dynamic participants, including 23 young individuals and six

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• Youth Ambassadors in Costa Rica

  The YA's pose in front of a church in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica.

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• Our Youth Ambassadors working in a United Nations Simulation, March 2024

  Participants from the Youth Ambassadors March-April Group in Utah. They are participating in a United Nations diplomacy simulation program.

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• Youth Ambassadors 2023 Caribbean Exchange Program Kicks off with a Tour of DC

  Today really allowed me to appreciate the human connection, both in the museum and at the White House. Overall, the program has really helped me come out of my shell and be open to new experiences a

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• Youth Ambassadors Travel to Belize for the First Time!

  Fourteen Youth Ambassadors from the United States traveled to Belize for a two-week cultural exchange program. This was the first time the Youth Ambassadors program at Georgetown University conducted

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• Youth Ambassadors Returns to In-Person Exchanges

  After two years of successful virtual exchanges, CIED conducted its first international inbound Youth Ambassadors program with 41 participants representing six different delegations: Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and various islands in the Eastern Caribbean.

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• Costa Rican Youth Ambassador Alumni Take Action During Pandemic

  Youth Ambassador alumni Deily Alpizar, Melanie Morales, and Brian Paz carry out a COVID rapid response initiative in San Carlos, Costa Rica.

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