We woke up yesterday and had an exciting day of chocolate tasting ahead of us! We had breakfast and headed out to our first visit, which was to Yumbos right in the plaza. We had the opportunity to learn about the history of cacao and how they have come to source their chocolate. They had…

Coming back down to Pitt definitely felt weird after finishing our semester just a week ago, however we had so much fun in the “night” we stayed here! We arrived and had our orientation meeting where we played Ecuadorian jeopardy and got to test our knowledge of the country. Unfortunately we did not win, however…

Hello, my name is Madelyn Och and I will be a part of the Pitt Business Plus3 Program in Ecuador this May! I am from Cranberry Township, PA (30 mins north of Pitt) where I was born and raised loving the city of Pittsburgh. I am an Accounting major and just finished my freshman here…