Notorious Latin American Leaders and how to be part of this list

Notorious Latin American Leaders and how to be part of this list

Latin America has always been said to be full of potential, but this idea is dangerous. Not because the continent lacks potential but because the very concept of it expresses the unfulfillment of its prospects. Many organizations have been working to ensure all of Latin America’s talent comes to fruition- one of them is LALA!…

Planning an Exchange Program: 5 tips not to freak out before even getting into the plane

Planning an Exchange Program: 5 tips not to freak out before even getting into the plane

A semester in London? Three months to learn English in Canada? A month in Argentina to learn Spanish? A movie-like high school experience in the USA? A volunteer experience in Bolivia? If these questions have been in your mind and the only thing you know for sure is that you want to be on a…

Dreaming about a movie-like college experience? Learn more about the application process

Dreaming about a movie-like college experience? Learn more about the application process

You surely have seen one of the classic videos of students reacting to their college decisions! Maybe you even cried out of happiness with their acceptance, experienced their anxiety about getting waitlisted, or wished them all your best wishes after seeing a denial.  Do not get us wrong – these empathic feelings are amazing, and…

LALA welcomes Oriana Torres as Director of Development & Strategic Partnerships

LALA welcomes Oriana Torres as Director of Development & Strategic Partnerships

Latin American Leadership Academy (LALA) is proud to announce the addition of Oriana Torres to our leadership team as our inaugural Director of Development & Strategic Partnerships. We are thrilled to count on her outstanding skills, energy, and passion for our mission to help us take LALA to the next level! Oriana joins LALA after…

LALA welcomes Alia Whitney-Johnson as the inaugural Chief Operating Officer

LALA welcomes Alia Whitney-Johnson as the inaugural Chief Operating Officer

Latin American Leadership Academy (LALA) is proud to announce the addition of Alia Whitney-Johnson to our executive leadership team as our inaugural Chief Operating Officer (COO)! LALA has spent the last five years refining its innovative youth leadership development model. Ms. Whitney-Johnson’s expertise and leadership come at the ideal time to support LALA’s ambitious plans…

Support program for black, indigenous, and peripheral young people

Support program for black, indigenous, and peripheral young people

Intro When I was selected to participate in LALA’s Leadership Bootcamp, I felt a mixture of ambivalent feelings: extreme happiness for another accomplishment and fear of the new that awaited me. But, as I learned to do with every opportunity, I seized it despite all the insecurity.  As a young black woman from Brazil’s northeast,…

LALA is elated to introduce Jessica Kenny as our new Senior Program Manager!

LALA is elated to introduce Jessica Kenny as our new Senior Program Manager!

Jessica has been with LALA since nearly the beginning, having lent a hand wherever needed- from Admissions to Partnerships, HR, Bootcamp Operations, and Impact Measurement to picking up students at the airport. Along the way, as Alumni Engagement Manager, she built the foundations for the alumni database, alumni communications, and crucial programs like Bootcamp Coaches…

Building the paths for the young leaders of the future

Building the paths for the young leaders of the future

Throughout our childhood and adolescence, we are bombarded with ideas and suggestions of professions associated with a conventional vision of success, mostly tied to high positions, salaries, and different levels of power. What if instead of asking “Who do you want to be when you grow up?” we started prompting our young people with questions…

Let’s celebrate LALA’s 5th birthday together!

Let’s celebrate LALA’s 5th birthday together!

In the past 5 years, LALA has reached over 1200 young leaders from 17 countries. We have accompanied our alumni to understand the crucial moments in their leadership journeys and tried to comprehend the highest-need interventions required to support them. We are excited to invite you to Juntos Somos LALA, the online celebration of LALA’s…

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