C’est La Vie avec Clara Hi, I’m Clara, I’m 18 and I’m an exchange student from France in the United States for 10 months. This…
J-1 High School Cultural Program
Teens all over the world have dreams of attending a High School in the USA, and of experiencing American culture first hand. These experiences are…
Greenheart loves to hear from our travelers about what their cultural exchange experience here in the USA means to them. What is it like to…
We recently shared some stories about Roger and Lee White, former extraordinary Regional Directors for Greenheart. When Roger passed in 2009, Greenheart set up a…
Lee and Roger White worked as Greenheart Regional Directors for about 15 years—finding the best host families for international high school exchange students and supporting…

Antoneta describing her high school exchange year? “I’d need an infinite number of words!”
Antoneta from Albania recently shared some of her experiences as a high school student in the USA. She is a YES scholarship recipient and is…
Greenheart Local Coordinators are equal parts matchmaker, mentor, and monitor. They keep an eye out for our high school foreign exchange students and their host…

A match made in Minnesota: A look at the first few weeks of a high school exchange
A look at the first few weeks of the school year – from the student’s and the host family’s points of view We love to…
There are thousands of reasons to open your heart and home to an international high school exchange student. Here’s the story of Anna from the…
Local Coordinators (LCs) facilitate host family and international high school student relationships in their local communities. They ensure that our cultural exchange programs run smoothly…