Notable Alumni



Today there are more than 20,000 AMIGOS alumni working across the country in every sector. Given the intensity of the challenge of the AMIGOS experience, alumni tell us they have gained personal strength, insights into problems and possible solutions and the credibility that comes from successfully working cross-culturally to make the world a better place.

Below are just a few of the AMIGOS alumni that used their experience in Latin America as a spring board to accomplish amazing career and academic goals.

Notable Alumni of the Month

Entertainment Industry Professionals

Business Entrepreneurs

Non-Profit Leaders

  • Mateo Garibaldi, Executive Director, Adelante
  • Ana Luisa Ahern and Justin Otero, co-founders of OYE
  • Lisa Chick, Executive Director of City Year in Seattle

Peace Corps Volunteers

  • Tara Martin, Peace Corps volunteer in El Salvador
  • Olivia Koran, Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala

Scholarship/Fellowship Recipients

Fulbright Scholarship Recipients

  • Rocio C. Garcia
  • Alicia M. Korten
  • Leigh Rysko
  • Coert Voorhees
  • Caitlin Daniel

Truman Scholarship Recipients

  • Theresa A Bridgeman
  • Julia S. Goldberg
  • Joseph R. Edelheit Ross

Public Health Professionals

Legal Professionals


We have so many incredible alumni that we simply can't keep up!  If there is someone we have forgotten, please email abecker@amigoslink.org with the details.  We look forward to hearing about/from more of you!


AMIGOS Voices

“I’m doing organizational development consulting today because of my summer in the Dominican Republic and subsequent work with AMIGOS. I learned so much about communicating effectively and giving feedback and there is not a day that goes by that I don’t use this skill.”

–Tim Skaggs, Organizational Development Consultant