Our Mission

To provide engaging and personalized immersive experiences that create awareness and connect people at a global level.

Our Vision

To guide others toward human connection at a global level.

1963

"I lost my country but gained the world." - Alina

My passion for traveling and studying abroad began at age five upon leaving Cuba in 1963 on the last Red Cross boat and coming to the USA without knowing a word of English.

1967 (my dad, mom and I)

A Father's Passion: Learn another language, study abroad, and travel!

Once in the USA, our father (and co-founder) began his new mission and dream. Learning a new language and studying abroad every 2-3 years was life growing up. All of his children, and now grandchildren and great grandchildren, are multi-lingual and continue to travel the world extensively.

1969

Trailblazers in Immersive Experiences

In 1969, we began to organize our first of many immersive experiences taking teachers, university students, professors, and families to study abroad in Spain and travel throughout Europe. We soon ventured to Latin America.

1996-2000

Something was missing…

For a few years, Alina worked with a large study abroad company developing and managing bus loads of middle/high school/college students. Setting up language schools, contracting teachers, finding dorms and host families, and organizing excursions was great experience, but something was missing...

...Connection!

It was obvious!

We wanted to offer better quality programs with more personalized attention to enhance the students’ immersive experience in a far deeper way!

2007-2011

Branding our Organization

After our founder's passing, we decided to rebrand our organization as Conexus International. The original brand logo captured the essence of our organization: international educators passionate about connecting people at a global level through immersive experiences abroad.

The sphere/globe represents travel, learning, and teaching

“C" is for Connection: Conexus connects-us!