Last year's Durango delegation, about fifty students and teachers in red and maroon COBAED 2025 jerseys, together in Chicago

October 11–18, 2026 · Cicero, Illinois11 al 18 de octubre de 2026 · Cicero, Illinois

The Bridge to CiceroEl Puente a Cicero

20thº CrossingCruce

About 70 students and teachers from Durango, San Luis Potosí and Mexico City are on their way.Cerca de 70 estudiantes y maestros de Durango, San Luis Potosí y la Ciudad de México vienen en camino.

They land in 12 days · We're 11 host homes shortLlegan en 12 días · Nos faltan 11 familias anfitrionas

29border crossings between our schools since 2000cruces de frontera entre nuestras escuelas desde 2000
1,300+computers donated in Durangocomputadoras donadas en Durango
11host homes still neededfamilias anfitrionas que aún faltan

Right nowAhora mismo

A student, her mother and her teacher won a grant to make this trip.Una estudiante, su mamá y su maestra ganaron una beca para hacer este viaje.

The flights are paid. The beds are not.Los vuelos están pagados. Las camas, no.

They are not the only ones: we are still 11 host homes short. Host within 15 minutes of Cicero, or fund a hotel room. They land October 11.No son los únicos: todavía nos faltan 11 familias anfitrionas. Hospeda a 15 minutos o menos de Cicero, o paga un cuarto de hotel. Llegan el 11 de octubre.

These wings you have given me, given to us … is truly a gift, you have shown us how far we can go in life.Estas alas que me han dado, que nos han dado … son verdaderamente un regalo; nos han mostrado hasta dónde podemos llegar en la vida.

Montserrat Díaz Ortiz · two-time exchange student from Durango, in a 2025 speech thanking YTC founder David Finkel for the profound effect visiting Chicago had on her lifeestudiante de intercambio de Durango en dos ocasiones, en un discurso de 2025 agradeciendo al fundador de YTC, David Finkel, por el profundo impacto que su visita a Chicago tuvo en su vida

“…never was I so excited to attend classes as I did during the exchange program.”“…nunca me emocionó tanto ir a clases como durante el programa de intercambio.”
“…how far we can go when we put in the effort and when someone believes in the power of education as a way to connect people across borders.”“…hasta dónde podemos llegar cuando nos esforzamos y cuando alguien cree en el poder de la educación para conectar a las personas a través de las fronteras.”

29 crossings. One bridge.29 cruces. Un puente.

Chicago and Durango teenagers passing rebuilt computer monitors and towers hand to hand in a tiled hall
2006 · Durango
Chicago and Durango students and teachers posing on the dirt street of an old western film set in Durango
Durango
About forty students and teachers in matching teal Student Exchange 2019 jerseys in front of a coach bus in Durango
2019 · Durango
Members of Durango's Titanium Tech 2019 robotics club in yellow YTC shirts at Morton College in Cicero
2019 · Cicero
Two young dancers in pink and blue folklórico dresses spinning their skirts
Folklórico

11 homes needed · 12 daysFaltan 11 hogares · 12 días

I can hostPuedo hospedar