International Education Programs hosts Latin American/Caribbean students

This fall, International Education Programs (IEP) will again welcome six students to campus for one year of English immersion in its Intensive ESL program. The students are leaders in the NPH International Leadership Institute, organized by Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH is Spanish for “Our Little Brothers and Sisters”). Its mission is to transform the lives of orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children in Latin America and the Caribbean so that they may escape the cycle of poverty and grow into productive members of their communities. Since 2011, IEP has hosted 19 of its students.

In addition to attending Seattle Central College full-time, the students are paired with mentors, participate in service projects, attend leadership seminars and retreats, and live with host families. IEP is providing these students with $1,000 scholarships as part of its “Diversity with Excellence” initiative, an effort to support outstanding students from countries that are not well-represented among international students on Seattle Central’s campus. The students are from Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras.