Study Tours to Latin America

The Educational Outreach Program offers study tours for teachers that provide opportunities for meaningful and substantive hands-on learning about Latin America and the Caribbean.  Participating teachers engage in pre-trip workshops to deepen their understanding of the country they will visit and examine their role as a U.S. teacher in a global context. During the study tour, teachers visit places of historical, cultural and political significance, discuss their experiences in the classroom with local teachers, and at times, participate in a homestay.  Following the trip, teachers create and disseminate new curriculum based on their research and exploration of a relevant topic.

Costa Rica Study Tour 2025

In July 2025, the Consortium will take 10 North Carolina K-12 educators and pre-service teachers to Costa Rica for 8 days. Applications have closed. Contact outreach coordinator Skylar Zee at zee@email.unc.edu with any questions. 

Past study tours include:

2018: Connecting the Americas Scholars Program: From Durham, North Carolina to Guanajuato, Mexico (sponsored by the Duke Office of Durham & Regional Affairs and the UNC-Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies)

2014: Connecting the Americas: From North Carolina to Yucatán, Mexico (sponsored by the UNC-Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies)

Photos from Connecting the Americas: From North Carolina to Yucatán, Mexico, June 17-26, 2014