Housing

You can plan to stay in Casa Augsburg, the CGEE Study Center, for several weeks at the beginning of the semester, while you get to know the city and the program homestay coordinator.

You will then spend a week in the rural Nahua indigenous community of Amatlan de Quetzalcóatl, where you will be placed with a host family, along with another student participant.

After the community experience with the Nahua, most students generally reside in a homestay placement in Cuernavaca. A small amount of dormitory-style housing is available for those students who prefer not to have a homestay at this time, subject to availability.  

Homestay is an amazing chance for you to have a community-based experience within the urban culture of Cuernavaca. You’ll be the only student in your particular homestay in the city. CGEE works to match students with families that are sensitive to, and embracing of, students of all kinds. Depending on the criteria listed on your application, your particular family match will be vegan and vegetarian friendly; LGBTQ-friendly; and even supportive of you if you are in the process of recovery. 

Previous program attendees report feeling a little awkwardness about the homestay option, but found themselves readily accepted into, and invited to share in interest and hobbies of, their new host families. 

Meals

Daily meals are included in the program fee, but supplemental meals and snacks, along with personal expenses, are the student’s responsibility. 

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