February 25 – March 7, NC Partners are hosting 3 high-school-age young people from the Bolivia as part of the Youth Ambassadors initiative that Partners of the Americas began in 2003 in Brazil. They are living with volunteer families, and attending school in Raleigh, and experiencing many other activities. Youth Ambassadors who will visit North Carolina are Nineth Maria Miranda Moyam, Chuquisaca (age 17), Fiorela Palomino Cruz, Tarija (15), Fabricio Suarez Rocha, Cochabamba (15) In addition to those coming to NC, 4 will go to Utah, and 3 to Arkansas. Mentors accompanying all the YA’s are Ms. Heidy Villanueva (La Paz) and Mr. Luis Fernando Morales (Cochabamba) The group will be departing La Paz on February 21. They go first to Washington, DC.