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Northshore October 2025
When a host and her international student call each other “mom” and “son,” or when a woman says she loves her teenaged guest, and everyone agrees there is a rich cultural exchange, you know something good is happening. Host parents with GPHomestay say the experience of welcoming an international student into their home to learn how Americans live while earning a high school education is most rewarding. Daniela Currie-Gutierrez is one such host parent. Chinese student Jun Yan, 18, who goes by the American name Abner Sampson, has been with Daniela and her partner, Robert Watson, for three years. (Typical stays range f
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