VCU fashion design and merchandising majors along with their professor, Linda Lee, have just returned from Guatemala on Sunday. This morning, they spoke eloquently about their experience to an audience including VCU Education Abroad staff, the executive director of the Office of International Education, the head of the Fashion department, and the dean of the VCU School of the Arts.
They spent their time in Guatemala working with local women artisans to develop a clothing line (including accessories) to market in the US. The results are amazing. Not only are the products that they created beautiful, but the impact that the experience had on the participants is deep. The students expressed their sincere love of the people and culture of Guatemala, and many are planning to return in the near future.
For more information, contact VCU Education Abroad (abroad@vcu.edu) or Ms. Linda Lee at (ltlee@vcu.edu)

The garments

The students

The accessories group

Linda Lee

Student James Bilbo presenting the line name, "Darla Luz" which may soon be trademarked