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LA Times Spotlights VISIONS and Mississippi Alum
The following article featuring VISIONS and Mississippi alum Yongqi Xu is from the Los Angeles Times. Wanderlust Lands Irvine Teen in Hurricane Katrina-Devastated Areas August 28, 2015 When Irvine resident Yongqi Xu was in search of a summer adventure, she knew she...
Still Work to be Done
10 Years Later VISIONS is Still Working with Hurricane Katrina Communities August 29, 2015 marks the 10th Anniversary of Katrina, the devastating hurricane that forever changed the Gulf Coast of the U.S. resulting in flooding that took many lives and left thousands...
VISIONS Published in “Holistic Parenting” Magazine
The following article was written by VISIONS, and published by "Holistic Parenting Magazine." The Importance of Cultural Learning & Community Service Work for Tweens and Teens August 2015 As parents, we have the privilege of experiencing the different stages of...
VISIONS Late Summer Sessions
Shorter Programs Still Capture the VISIONS Experience Many students and parents are so busy with school and life that summer plans can easily fall by the wayside. And some think that staying home for the summer is a great idea... until school is out, boredom sets in,...
A Day in the Life of VISIONS
A Look at a Typical Summer Day What’s a typical day like on a VISIONS summer program? It’s a question we get often. You might wake up to a chorus of birds in the mountains of Nicaragua, to a frosted landscape by the Wrangell Mountains in Alaska, to merengue music and...
PARTNER HIGHLIGHT: GALÁPAGOS NATIONAL PARK
A Glimpse at Ecuador’s First National Park Located 600 miles west of Ecuador lies an infamous group of islands, perhaps some of the most famous in the world, thanks to one Charles Darwin. Discovered in the mid-1500s, one of the first explorers to map these islands...