While in Quito, students live with Ecuadorian families, and their housing costs cover meals seven days a week, as well as laundry. Students are able to learn some conversational Spanish and important daily lessons about Ecuadorian culture and customs.
Rustic housing is available at other field sites, and meals are provided.
Program Directors Kelly Swing, Ph.D., Zoology and Marine Biology, Louisiana State University, is a professor of environmental science at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito and director of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station. He also serves as the program director for Boston University's Tropical Ecology Program and is an adjunct professor in the Department of Biology at Boston University.