Congratulations to the Glasswing Robotics Club of El Salvador! Members of the team won first place in the “Future Innovators – Elementary” category at the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) competition, held in August in El Salvador. The WRO honors exceptional robotics teams from around the world. The triumphant trio were Karen (12 years old), Uriel […]

Bullied as a child, Mariana learned that empathy and compassion are the highest virtues we can cultivate as a society. Now 27 and an educator with the Central American Service Corps (CASC), she has a clear vision for how she wants to make an impact on her community. Mariana’s participation in CASC began after she […]

In October, Glasswing’s Regional Program Director Florencia Garcia and Louis Alexander, Director of Strategic Partnerships, attended the Chemonics Local Partners Summit “Meeting the Moment: Local Changemakers Lead in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States,” in Washington, D.C. The event explored and promoted locally led approaches to conflict-aware development and peacebuilding. During the two-day session, Florencia spoke on […]

During the 2023 gathering of the Central American Donors Forum, held in September in Costa Rica, Glasswing Regional Program Director Florencia Garcia participated in the panel “Addressing the Root Causes of Migration and Fragility in Central America.”  The Central America Donors Forum (CADF) is a gathering place for civil society, philanthropy, government, and the business […]

Communications executive Mauricio Samayoa is a treasured partner and ambassador of Glasswing. Earlier in the fall, Mauricio participated in a Glasswing immersion experience in El Salvador. He had the opportunity to meet some of the children who are developing new skills using Glasswing-supplied technology. He also met with hospital staff to hear first-hand about how […]

To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in September, entrepreneurs Carmen Busquets and Lucy Doughty visited with some of our New York City program students. Busquets, from Venezuela, and Doughty, who is of Dominican descent, are known for their cause-driven commitment to supporting youth and women across Latin America, the United States, and Europe. During their […]

On September 21, we hosted our Ninth Annual Benefit Gala, where over 400 Glasswing friends and supporters joined us in New York City. The gala raised over $1 million for children and youth in Latin America, the Caribbean, and New York City.  The event, which was held during National Hispanic Heritage Month, honored Lucy Doughty, […]

In September, communications executive Mauricio Samayoa and Ariadna Gutiérrez, an international model, actress, businesswoman, and former Miss Colombia, visited El Salvador with our Gala auctioneer Gabriel Butu to support Glasswing initiatives there. What they found was a vibrant community that’s leveraging the tools Glasswing has provided to build a brighter future for local youth. During […]

Listen the most recent episode of the #VolverAlFuturo podcast, hosted by Victor Saadi. He held an interesting discussion with Glasswing’s co-founder and president, Celina de Sola, regarding the organization’s work on supporting Latin American communities in healing from the consequences of different social issues. The conversation also touched on how our mental health programs engage […]

The latest article of Stanford’s Social Innovation Review was titled “The Power of Mental Health to Break Cycles of Violence and Promote Peace”, where our co-founder and president Celina de Sola, who has an extensive background in humanitarian work, and Brio Health Global’s co-founder and executive director Daisy Rosales collaborated together. They shared how the […]