AFS Exchange Students

Dear Group Members:

My name is Wil Gutierrez, a recruitment specialist for AFS Intercultural Programs USA. AFS is a non-profit foreign exchange organization for high school students. My job is to find host families for students who want to spend a year in the United States. I specifically work with the state of Virginia and the surrounding states. I am emailing you because I have 19 students who are coming to Virginia this August to study for a year. They are from Thailand, Italy, Germany, Finland, France, Japan, Spain, Portugal, Austria, and Chile. Below you will find two short bios highlighting two of the students. I would appreciate it if you would circulate them to anyone you think might be interested in hosting. If you would like to see the bios of the other students or have any questions about hosting with AFS, please do hesitate to contact me at the information below.

Student Bios:

Pascal from Germany (Congress-Bundestag Scholar)

Pascal is very into sports and music. He likes soccer, basketball, tennis, and riding his bicycle with friends. Music is a very important to him and he has been playing the guitar for seven or eight years and in a band for one and half years. At school he is in a group called “Students help Students” where he gives private tutoring sessions to younger students. To earn pocket-money, Pascal gives guitar- lessons, private tutoring sessions, or by mows the neighbors’ lawns.


Date of Birth: 04/10/1993 (Age at Arrival: 16); Year/Program: 2009/Year Program Summer Arrival; Religion: Catholic (Occasional); GPA/Quartile: A/n.a. Language: Very Good; English Years: 6; Is a Smoker?: No; Pets: Any Pets OK Siblings: sis ‘96


Arisara from Thailand

Arisara, fondly called Alice, enjoys reading books and dancing ballet. She travels a lot with her family and is a leader in her class. She enjoys helping others be it friends with schoolwork or doing community service. She also loves listening to music, cycling, and playing badminton and table tennis. She hopes to attend one of the best universities in Thailand to study engineering or medicine.

Date of Birth: 08/20/1992 (Age at Arrival: 16); Year/Program: 2009/Year Program Summer Arrival; Religion: Christian (Occasional); GPA/Quartile: A/1; Language: Good; English Years: 10; Is a Smoker?: No; Pets: Any Pets OK; Siblings: None Listed


Thank you,



Wil Gutierrez
Seasonal Recruitment Specialist
AFS Returnee: USA to Italy Year Program 2003-2004

AFS Intercultural Programs USA
231 East Baltimore Street, 15th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 1.800.876.2377, Ext. 140
Fax: 410.539.5636
Email: wgutierrez@afs.org
web: www.afs.org/usa