We are celebrating Pride Month by sharing the voices, experiences, and insights of members of the Peace Corps’ LGBTQI+ community.

Paul Siguenza understands the challenges that the National University of Education’s (UNAE) Centro de Idiomas’ (Language Center) 17 teachers face. Before starting his current role as director, he was a language center teacher himself. Providing high-quality instruction to UNAE’s 2,000 students drives Paul, which is why this past spring he participated in Peace Corps’ Virtual Service.

Emily and Peter left Mira-Carchi in 1966, without realizing the impact they had left in the community.

Rhoda and Earle Brooks were members of the first group of Peace Corps Volunteers to arrive in Ecuador on August 7th, 1962. Their experience marked the rest of their lives.

Her legacy was my motivation to keep all my commitments and continue to support the people of Ecuador. I wanted to keep my word to her.

On May 19, Peace Corps held this year’s second installment of the Thought Leaders Forum, featuring three returned Peace Corps Volunteers who are leaders in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

La positiva experiencia de una voluntaria viviendo con su familia anfitriona.

The positive experience of a volunteer living with her host family.

“I wanted to join the Peace Corps because I wished to further connect with my Latin American heritage, to exchange with another Hispanic culture and better understand the intricacies of the Latinx identity” - Yvette Garcia, a community economic development Volunteer in Dominican Republic.

When I got to Ecuador, I did something that set the tone for my two years of service – I gave myself a nickname.

Youth in development Volunteers know that individual connections create a global impact.

The Peace Corps was a profoundly significant experience for me. 

Henry entered my life after I was in site for about a month and a half. 

¿Hablas español? Use your language skills as you live, learn and serve in a community overseas.

As I approach the two-year mark since I arrived in Ecuador, I am able to appreciate the projects I have been privileged to be a part of.

Serving in the Peace Corps alongside your partner or spouse can have advantages. 

Why dedicate the time and effort to painting a map of the world at a high school in the middle of Ecuador?

February 24, 2015 was a difficult day.