Want a fun and enriching experience for your family? Consider hosting a foreign exchange student for one month this summer!

The Step in Florida program is looking for families in Volusia County to host a student from Spain for one month during summer 2022. The program is free, fun, and enriching for your whole family. The students in the program are are teens and are coming to the area to hone their English skills and learn about American culture. You will just need to provide them with a bed, meals, and treat them like one of the family.

See the list of available teens below to see which one would work well with your family. After you are paired up with your student, you will be able to contact them before they ever arrive, so you can start getting to know one another. Once they arrive, you will pick them up, take them home, and help them blend in with your family, so they can see what it's like to be a teen in America. 

Want to learn first hand what it is like to host a foreign exchange student? Read Jacqueline's review post on VCM to see what her experience was hosting a student. Jacqueline has hosted a student twice and highly recommends trying it out.

To learn more about the program or ask questions, contact Monica at 386-316-6017, or email her at gatordoula@bellsouth.net.

Here are the students who are currently in need of a family to host them:

#3 Martin, 16 year old boy
He enjoys surfing and sailing. He would like to be an engineer, and he plays the saxophone, likes cooking, tennis, indoor games, and bicycling.

#1 Marta, 16 year old girl
She likes math and physics, and hopes to be engineer or architect. Marta plays piano and is into gymnastics. She also like volley ball, watching TV, dance, and music. She is looking forward to teaching you about Spain.

#7 Javier, 14 year old boy
Javier is an intense soccer player, playing four days a week. He also enjoys tennis, music, travel, and bicycling. He is a fun person and likes math. He wants to be engineer.

#6 Unatz, 17 year old boy (he is allergic to kiwi)
He enjoys dancing, music, TV, photography, singing, shopping, indoor games, handcrafts, and dogs.

#9 Irene, 16 year old girl
She likes animals, traveling, music, reading, swimming, and biology.

#2 Eider, girl age 14
She would love to stay in St Augustine and would like to open her own fashion shop one day!