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By Sydney Morris

Landscape Migratory Bird Monitoring Fellow, Osa Conservation, Costa Rica

Are you passionate about international development and eager to support a dynamic nonprofit organization? Princeton in Latin America (PiLA) is excited to announce that we are hiring a part-time Program Associate to help manage our current fellowship cohort and the 2025-2026 application cycle. If you're looking for an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in nonprofit management while making a positive impact, this role could be perfect for you!

Please join us next week for a Virtual Information Session discussing the PiLA Fellowship Program, application process, and more!

Get your questions answered directly from the PiLA Executive Director and learn from the experiences of our former and current PiLA Fellows.

Register for the virtual information session via the QR code in the flyer or by clicking here!

(July 18, 2024) We are excited to introduce a new initiative that brings together our passionate and diverse community in a unique and enriching way – the PiLA Book Club! This book club aims to foster a deeper understanding of the cultural, social, and historical contexts of the regions we serve, while also providing a platform for meaningful discussion and connection among our members.

(April 15, 2024) Princeton in Latin America is pleased to announce our 2024/25 cohort of fellows, the first since operations were suspended during the Covid pandemic.  This year’s cohort will include 14 fellows who will be working with 6 host organizations in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Mexico.

It's hard to believe our remote 2020-2021 Fellows have all finished their placements and that we're moving on to a brand new cycle of remote PiLA experiences! We're excited to be working again with partner organizations Endeavor Mexico, EARTH University, and Partners for Andean Community Health (PACH); all of whom hosted remote PiLA Fellows last year.

We're excited to present PiLA's first virtual Speaker Series!

Please join us for Conversations with PiLA Partners, Fellows, and Friends.

Although I'm less than halfway through my PiLA fellowship -- five months and one day to be exact -- I feel like I've become a member of both the community of Patzún, Guatemala and my host organization, the Women's Justice Initiative (WJI). To my surprise, it took only a few weeks for me to feel welcomed and settled as a member of the team, despite all the barriers I had created in my mind.

When I received news a year and a half ago that I had been accepted as the PiLA fellow at the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, I felt a massive rush of conflicting emotions. I was ecstatic about the new opportunity, hopeful that I would learn and grow, but at the same time very scared to be doing this alone, as the only Princeton fellow in San José, Costa Rica.