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How did my YFU experience
surviving outside my home co
me to challenge assumptions
me with a potent mixture of h
professional, a better citizen,

Since that summer in Spain I
sending a modest annual don
time as a member of YFU’s B
PROGRAM: Spain, 1980
serving the organization as C
OCCUPATION: Associate Vice President for Research, University of Michigan
continue to offer students and

Chair, Board of Trustees, Youth For Understanding USA understanding. 

Faces of YFU
DARYL WEINERT:

I AM YFU

HOME: Ann Arbor, MI

“One June day in 1980, scared, I flew to Madrid and moved in with my Spanish family.
My Spanish was halting and limited, but their hearts were big. They shared
Weinert speaking at YFU’s 2014 fundraising gala  Galicia to Murcia.”
their country with me, from Castilla to Valencia, from
  Learn how Weinert’s journey led to his appointment
as Chair of the YFU Board of Trustees. >>

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Weinert and wife Cathy in YFU’s Education Center where the cafe is named to recognize a
Weinert and wife Cathy in YFU’s Education Center where the cafe is named to recognize a 
generous donation by the Weinert family and their many contributions to the success of YFU.

generous donation by the Weinert family 

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