PAX - Program of Academic Exchange

We are looking for host families all over the country to share their America with a PAX exchange student this fall. Learn more and fill out a host family inquiry form today to make an American dream come true!

https://pax.org/families

Each month, during every exchange year, PAX nominates students from our sponsored programs, FLEX and YES, to be Participants of the Month. While we wait for our new class of students to arrive, we'll be congratulating our new alumni who were nominated last year!

In October 2025, our PAX FLEX Participant of the Month was Feruzakhon from Uzbekistan, who spent her exchange year in Maryland. A bit from her nomination:

"𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘻𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘋.𝘊., 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴."

Way to go, Feruzakhon!

Share your America with a PAX exchange student this fall: https://pax.org/families