Pedro Mascaró Merino is our 2025/26 youth exchange student from Argentina. He is from the province of Tucumán which is in the far northwest corner of Argentina where weather is always warm, year-round. He has embraced his year in La Crosse already traveling to Madison, Milwaukee and Chicago with his host family and taking a full load of classes at Logan High School with band and American football. 

Like many of the 8,000 – 10,000 rotary youth exchange students each year, world-wide, Pedro is an ambassador for his country to not only us as Rotarians, but everyone he meets with his host families and at school. And, like wise, we get to share our culture and daily lives with Pedro. It is truly a chance to build international relationships at a personal level. 

Now that Pedro has been here about 3 months, we will have a chance to get to know him better. We will learn about his family and living in Argentina as well as some of his first impressions and experiences in La Crosse. It is a pleasure to welcome Pedro to our Rotary family.