Award part of Chess-in-the-Schools 25th Anniversary Benefit Celebration
New York, NY – Tonight, as Chess-in-the-Schools celebrates its 25th anniversary of teaching New York students critical thinking through chess, it will honor AFS Intercultural Programs/USA as Partner of the Year. Accepting the award for AFS-USA will be President, Dr. Jorge Castro.

For 13 years, the two nonprofit organizations have collaborated through the AFS-USA Faces of America (FoA) diversity scholarship program. FoA provides study abroad scholarships to high achieving high school students from underserved populations. Chess-in-the-Schools and AFS-USA work together to develop leaders, provide experiential education leading to college access, and help students build critical skills in intercultural communications while becoming more globally aware.

“We believe that working collaboratively to invest in...