Victor Pachas

Where did you grow up?
Peru/Ecuador/Boston

Where do you call home now?
Peru/Ecuador/Boston

Year started at Global Works?
2010

What’s your favorite part about leading trips?
Supporting students in practicing a second (or third!) language and watching them evolve throughout a trip.

What’s something you can’t live without while you are traveling?
My guitar.

Tell us about a favorite memory from a trip you have taken
In Martinique I would look out my patio and almost always see a double rainbow. At night an INCREDIBLE blanket of stars along with UFOs (no joke). Beaches everywhere, great food.

Where is your favorite place you have traveled to?
Cuba

Fun fact, special talent, or favorite memory
I can do splits and recently I have been getting good at slack lining…

What do you like to do in your free time?
Write songs, draw comics, create videos, martial arts

What languages do you speak?
Spanish, French, American Sign Language, some English…

If you had to give one piece of advice or words of encouragement to someone on their first travel experience, what would it be?
Be comfortable in being uncomfortable.

Tell us why you are excited for this year’s trip!
We get to visit one of the 7 modern wonders of the world, Machu Picchu. The homestay families are wonderful and the town of Urubamba is always great to visit. And I like the cold weather in the Sacred Valley Region.