Join the ‘Ask an AFSer’ Facebook Group. It’s a place created by AFS Returnees where you can connect with AFSers of both past and present. if you have questions about what a trip might look like, how to choose a country, or what to pack, the answer is only a click away!

“Recently I have been able to look back and think about how this experience has changed me as a person: I understand more clearly what I value in life, I see the things I used to take for granted, my view of the world, how it works, and my role within it has all evolved.

Living in a different world has given me a whole other view of how things work. I realize now more than ever that we are not just one country, but a whole circuit of countries that need to work together. I have experienced first hand how our actions don’t only effect us as a country but spread to all parts of the world. ” -Sara Fassio, Year program to Chile 2007-2008