As part of the National Ambassadorship Program, and sponsored by St. John Fisher College
in coordination with the US State Department,
I was invited to spend nearly two weeks
traveling across the island nation of Cuba.
I was accompanied on the trip
by three other students, my Latin America Politics
professor, St. John Fisher's
President at the time; the late Katherine Keough,
as well as various members of the State Department.
The Ambassadorship Program was created by President Truman,
as a way for academia to connect across international borders regardless of the
the diplomatic climate between nations.
President Bush Jr. ended the program upon our return to the US.
