Au Pair Stories

Charne, an au pair from South Africa who lives with her host family in the Chicago area, gives us a peek into her daily life and shares her favorite things…

We recently announced the winners of our annual Au Pair in America Community Service Award contest, and we’d like to highlight the volunteer efforts of one of our Brazilian au…

Bruna from Brazil, an au pair living with a host family in New York, recently received the Outstanding Student Award in her ESL class.  At the awards dinner, Bruna had…

Every year, we are humbled and impressed by all of the ways in which our au pairs give back to their American host communities through volunteer work. We celebrate the…

When a host family welcomes an au pair, they are bringing new cultural awareness and experiences not only to themselves, but also to their community, as au pairs tend to…

One of the best features of hosting an au pair is the close relationship that develops between the host family and the au pair; in particular, au pairs and host…

Mexican au pair Sofia, who lives with her host family in Massachusetts, recently visited a preschool classroom to share her culture with twelve 3- and 4-year-olds to promote cross-cultural communication…

Host families who bring an au pair into their home are not only gaining invaluable, cultural, and flexible child care, but also providing an opportunity for a young person to…

We recently invited our au pairs to tell us why they love their host mothers, and the response was overwhelming! Many au pairs wrote back with lovely, touching testimonials to…

Kärt, an Estonian au pair living with her host family in Fremont, California, recently visited an elementary school to share her culture with the students as part of a presentation…