Mila attended our The Cambridge Tradition program in 2013 through Oxbridge Academic Programs, a division of WorldStrides, and then returned to Oxbridge again at L’Académie de Paris in 2014. While there, she majored in “History’s Secrets” and French Literature, respectively, with minors in E... Read More

In 2002, Kevin Bazan traveled with his middle school class on a WorldStrides program to Washington, D.C. His mom, Debbie, joined him, and that one experience in our nation’s capital proved to be the catalyst for a future in D.C. for both mother and son. Now 29 years old, Kevin still remembers deta... Read More

Her high school trip to Peru in Latin America was in 2007, but Abby Sawyer talks about it now like she’s telling a story from last month. She vividly recalls witnessing Macchu Picchu, tasting traditional Peruvian cuisine, and hunting for alligators in the Amazon. “I remember thinking, ‘Wh... Read More

On our first trip with WorldStrides in 2008, we had some free time on our last day in Paris, so my colleagues Kari, Maureen, and I spent the afternoon in a café, writing personal notes to all of the students on the trip. We told them about how proud we were of them, how much […] Read More

John Wise and Wombi Rose were already old friends when they were selected to go on the FIELD program to Vietnam in their first year at Harvard Business School. The 10-day experience, planned in partnership with WorldStrides, took them to Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. It was the first time in Vietnam f... Read More

The travel experiences students have with WorldStrides shape their futures, and especially their careers! We chronicle some of these notable alumni in our Where Are They Now series. Jesse Varela knows a thing or two about stepping out of his comfort zone. As a high school senior, he took his first i... Read More

Kyle Washka traveled with WorldStrides OnStage with Denison University on an International Custom Tour of Iceland. While in Iceland, Kyle had the opportunity to perform at Harpa Hall, Skálholt Cathedral  and The Saga Centre in the Hvolsvollur. Inspired by his travels through Iceland, Kyle will ret... Read More