We were very happy to learn that Greenheart’s Chiara from Italy (sending partner: AStudy) won the Educatius Group contest and will be flown back to the USA to visit her host family in late 2023/early 2024!
It is noteworthy that only two students win this prize, worldwide, and Greenheart is proud to be chosen as one of the two J-1 program sponsors for this prize. Carla Kearns, Vice President Marketing, Educatius Group comments: “It was a tough decision, but from all the global entries we voted for Paula from Spain (attended the USA F-1 program in Michigan) and Chiara from Italy (attended the Greenheart J-1 program). Fortunately, these were GetReady and Astudy students! We loved the creativity in both these entries and the way they expressed the bond and meaningful relationship with their families. We had around 40 entries from all over the world, mainly on the USA program.”
Greenheart is all about offering international students exceptional opportunities. Chiara get a chnace to return to the US and get together with her host family: Host Family: Tess Herceg, George Herceg, Harper Herceg, Robbie Herceg in North Chesterfield, Virginia. Chiara shows her appreciation of her host family in this video:
@chiaralacerenza my beautiful handsome sweet family, I miss my crazy people so much, you made my biggest dream come true
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Nancy Morin, Greenheart’s Field Support Manager shares: “This is so incredibly exciting! Chiara is such a deserving young person. She worked really hard at EVERYTHING she did for the five months she was here last semester. She had a positive attitude about everything – even once when she was feeling sick to her stomach, she came to her host mom to tell her she wasn’t feeling well. Her host mom said “are you sure, you’re sick, because you are smiling…” lol! That’s Chiara! One more thing – Chiara entered the CSIET art contest (the cover artwork for the Advisory list pamphlet), and although she didn’t win, she held her head high and was proud of the work she put forth for the contest. So, I am so proud of her for winning this contest and I can’t wait to be a part of the reunion!”
Thank you Carla and Nancy, and CONGRATULATIONS to Chiara and her host family! We look forward to more photos and stories from the reunion.
Interested in hosting a Greenheart Exchange high-school student like Chiara? Visit HostwithGreenheart.org to learn more, to Meet our Students, and to apply.