Kristen Highum

Regional Director (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama)
1-800-231-7796 ext. 144
khighum@amigoslink.org

Kristen Highum joined the International Office Staff in 2005. She has an extensive background with the AMIGOS organization, beginning with her first experience as a Volunteer in 2001 in Bolivia. In 2002, Kristen returned to Bolivia as a Volunteer for a second time and then served as Project Supervisor in Costa Rica in 2003. Most recently, she was the Project Director in Masaya, Nicaragua during the 2005 summer program. Kristen was also involved with campus recruiting during her college years and served as Training Director of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Chapter during 2004-2005.

Kristen graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN in May of 2005 with degrees in Spanish and Hispanic Studies. She spent her junior year abroad in Costa Rica, where she was able to further develop her language skills and expand her interest in Latin America.
AMIGOS Voices

“This is an organization that gives people, at a very young age, exposure and opportunity to understanding and serving people that brings about greater understanding and compassion on all sides of national borders. I believe that if all young people were to do AMIGOS, or something like it, they’d be off to a more educated and enlightened start as they pursue their callings in life.”

–Catherine Araiza, Organization Development Consultant, The Methodist Hospital