Cultural Immersion Trips
Through HSTF’s culturally grounded programming, participants in Caminos and Jóvenes en Acción may have opportunities to take part in cultural immersion trips that deepen their understanding of Afro-Latin culture and strengthen their sense of identity, connection, and community.
ABOUT CULTURAL IMMERSION TRIPS
Learning through place, culture, and shared experience
HSTF’s cultural immersion trips give young people a more direct and immersive experience of Afro-Latin culture. These experiences connect youth with artists, cultural landmarks, community organizations, and places that help bring history, identity, arts, and civic engagement to life.
Trips also create meaningful bonding opportunities between HSTF youth and staff, giving participants time to learn and reflect together and to build relationships outside regular programming.
WHAT YOUTH EXPERIENCE
Culture, identity, and community
Afro-Latin culture
Youth experience Afro-Latin culture through artists, cultural spaces, history, music, movement, and community connection.
Arts and civic engagement
Participants explore the connection between creative expression, cultural identity, and civic life.
Belonging and reflection
The trips give youth and staff space to bond, reflect, and build shared understanding across programs.
PAST CULTURAL IMMERSION EXPERIENCES
Puerto Rico and New York City
Recent cultural immersion trips have brought HSTF youth to places connected to Afro-Latin culture, arts, history, and community leadership.
In Puerto Rico, youth visited cultural, environmental, artistic, and community spaces in Adjuntas, Ponce, Loíza, San Juan, and Río Piedras.
In New York City, youth experienced Afro-Latin arts, history, higher education, and community leadership through Broadway, Spanish Harlem, City College of New York, and Brotherhood Sister Sol.
LOOKING AHEAD
Future cultural immersion experiences
HSTF is planning a return to Puerto Rico in 2026 with a similar focus on Afro-Latin culture, arts, civic engagement, and community connection.
RELATED LINKS
Connected programs
Cultural Immersion Trips are connected to HSTF’s Caminos and Jóvenes en Acción programs.
Jóvenes en Acción Page
Arts, leadership, civic engagement, and youth development for teens.
Totalmente, una forma de reconocer que con esfuerzo puedes lograr grandes cosas. Por otro lado, entiendo mejor mi relación con mi cultura y mis raíces, y me conecto más con ella.