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Open to Colorado State University staff, faculty, friends, family and the public, the Spanish and Culture Immersion program has welcomed over 150 participants from around the world since 2019. The goal is simple yet profound: to foster a deep connection between the Spanish language and Mexican culture.

Since 2019, the CSU Todos Santos Center in Baja California Sur, Mexico, has hosted an innovative Spanish and culture immersion program. Available to CSU staff, faculty, friends, family, and the public, the Spanish and Culture Immersion has seen more than 150 participants from around the globe, all in the interest of fostering a deep connection between language and culture.

This year, students seeking international experiences may enroll in an expanded number of semester programs at the CSU System’s campus in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

An ecotouristic immersion in the fountain of knowledge of a family from the Sierra de la Laguna in Baja California Sur, México, by Antonio Diego Fernández Rozada.

One memorable interview from Ruth Alexander’s course this fall on “History, Community, and Environment in Mexico” involved Jorge Gonzales, a lifelong resident of Todos Santos, a town in Mexico’s Baja California Sur.

I saw the email from the Office of International Programs and the CSU Todos Santos Center in early January: “Online Spanish Course 2021 Modules.”

When a coalition was formed to respond to medical shortages and food needs in Baja California Sur, Mexico, the CSU Todos Santos Center team stood alongside their community.

Officially known as Dia del Amor y la Amistad (Day of Love and Friendship), Valentine’s Day doesn’t look the same in Mexico as it does in the United States. In Mexico on Feb. 14, friends and family as much as significant others are lavished with warmth, love, and appreciation.

“I can say definitively that if it weren’t for the CSU Todos Santos Center’s presence, I would not host a learning abroad field school in Mexico,” said Shane Macfarlan, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Utah. “It was something I always wanted to do.”

The Colorado State University Todos Santos Center is situated in the culturally rich and naturally vibrant, biodiverse ecoregion of Baja California Sur, Mexico, in the small coastal town of Todos Santos — a place many residents and visitors often refer to as a pueblo mágico: ‘magical town.’

When the Mexican government moved all face-to-face classes online this past spring in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the community English classes offered at the Todos Santos Center were one of several affected programs.

A glimpse into a day in the life of Olaf Morales, languages coordinator at the Todos Santos Center.