Edu-Culture International (ECI) is a nonprofit organization based in Berkeley, California, that provides high-quality opportunities for high school students to travel, study abroad, and become immersed in the language and culture of Spain, France, or Costa Rica. Our goal is to provide the most culturally enriching, academically stimulating experiences as possible for U.S. teenagers. We specialize in small-group language study (college credit available) and unique immersion programs with hands-on activities that are designed to build confidence, leadership skills, fluency in French or Spanish, and cross-cultural connections.

After a trip through Europe in 1869, Mark Twain wrote, "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness... Broad, wholesome, charitable views…cannot be acquired by vegetating in one's little corner of the earth." We believe his words are more important today than ever before.

Phyllis O'Neill, Director, Edu-Culture International (ECI)