This summer my family and I spent a week in Central America as volunteers for Adopt-a-Village in Guatemala. This nonprofit, grass roots organization partners with indigenous communities in northwest Huehuetenango to empower youth in the region through education and training. Frances Dixon, the 75 year old Canadian woman who founded the organization more than 25 years ago, continues to work tirelessly in the poverty-stricken region to develop nutrition, gardening, literacy and skills-training programs for indigenous youth and families. My husband, Ritchie, and I have always felt that it was important to expose our daughter, Jessica, to people and cultures that are different so that she will g