Humberto Sanchez ’25 and Varsha Shukla, Thayer ’27, speak with Ricardo Rodriguez during a tour of his farm in Xochimilco.  Rodriguez runs De la Chinampa a tu Mesa, a nonprofit focused on sustainable agriculture.  (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Zhanel Nugmanova ’23, Ramina Askarova ’26, and Varsha Shukla, Thayer ’27, look at heritage corn varieties grown on Ricardo Rodriguez’s farm in Xochimilco. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

From left, Rubi Leon ’25, Ignacio Gutierrez Jr. ’25, John Ejiogu ’23, and other students listen to Edwin Rendon, the strategic alliances director of New Comienzos (“new beginnings”), during a tour of “New L.A.” in Mexico City.  (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Visitors sit and enjoy the view at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

John Ejiogu ’23 looks at artifacts in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Assorted spices and fruits in a traditional Mexican market visited by the Dartmouth students. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Sergio Campos ’26, Ally Burg ’24, and Varsha Shukla, Thayer ’27, work on an exercise from the nonprofit National School Reform Faculty on the terrace at Casa Gonzalez in Mexico City. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Ramina Askarova ’26 takes a break after a tour of the floating gardens at Xochimilco. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Students and Rassias Center staff visit the main plaza in Mexico City.  (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Sergio Campos ’26 spreads superadobe mixture onto the walls of a new composting toilet in Amatlán, Mexico. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Ignacio Gutierrez Jr. ’25 walks with Fernando ‘Nando’ Ausin Gomez ’06 at Ehecalli in Amatlán, Mexico. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Varsha Shukla, Thayer ’27, makes a well in sand, preparing it for water which will mix with the sand to create a spreadable suberadobe compound. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Dona Enedina makes traditional tlacoyos with corn grown and milled on her property in Amatlán. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Ally Burg ’24 looks on as John Ejiogu ’23 serenades the sunset at Ehecalli. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Sunset at Ehecalli in Amatlán, Mexico. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Ramina Askarova ’26, Yuniza Limeta ’24, and Ally Burg ’25 play cards while waiting for dinner during the trip to Ehecalli in Amatlán. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Superadobe structures at Ehecalli in Amatlán, Mexico.  Students stayed in structures made of the same material, which they learned to create, during their stay there. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)