From Olopa to Amherst:

Experiences about my Professional Fellows Program on Economic Empowerment. Hi everyone! My name is Carlos Carranza, I am an Agricultural Engineer and I live in Olopa, Chiquimula,

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It’s My Time to Share

By Luisa Escobar, Mexico Hello everyone! Today on September 14th, 1824 in in Chiapas, we celebrate the annexation of Chiapas to Mexico. This was carried out through a plebiscite, which

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ITD Welcomes Fall 2023 Professional Fellows for Economic Empowerment Program

Eleven distinguished Professional Fellows hailing from Guatemala and Mexico have commenced a transformative six-week program in Amherst, Massachusetts

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Honduran Professional Fellow Defends Master’s Thesis

Isabel Alejandra Cruz Rivera, a recent alumna of the Professional Fellows program implemented by the Institute for Training and Development (ITD) in Amherst, Massachusetts, has successfully defended her Master’s

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Professional Fellows Program on Economic Empowerment Concludes in Washington DC

The Professional Fellows program on economic empowerment, sponsored by the U.S. State Department and administered by ITD, concluded programming June, 2023 in Washington

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Rethinking Emerging Sustainability

By Yessenia Recarte From its beginning, Human Existence represents a race, a competition to arrive first and conceive life. From the beginning, our human nature develops the capacity to face and

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From Tucson, Three Lessons to Share

By Andrea Beatriz Arbizú Hello! My name is Andrea Arbizu. I’m 35 years old, an economist working with youth and education. Today, I want to tell you about my journey

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How to Fight Against Poverty?

By José Carlos Renderos Poverty is a human condition at birth. We come to this earth with nothing, but we need a lot. We depend on our family and the

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Go on a Fellowship!

By Sofía Aparicio, El Salvador How do I start…?! I never imagined myself being part of this amazing journey, well maybe I did, but just in my dreams. Finding this

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My Professional Fellowship Program Experience so far

By Tomas Cerna So here I am, 22 days after I departed from my beautiful country El Salvador, thinking and internalizing my PFP experience through this blog. The experience has

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