Latido Latino 2026: Alumni from across the Americas came together in Buenos Aires to address education in Latin America
Just a few days after the results of the 2025 PISA survey were released—results that once again highlighted the challenges facing Latin America’s education systems—more than 250 alumni of Teach For All network partners in the region and local education leaders gathered in Buenos Aires to discuss how to transform that reality.
What is needed to improve learning outcomes in Latin America? What role should artificial intelligence play in the classroom? How can we prepare students for jobs that don’t yet exist? How can we teach students to find, understand, and evaluate information in a context rife with misinformation?
These were some of the questions that shaped the ninth edition of Latido Latino, the alumni gathering of the Teach For All network in Latin America, which took place September 10–12 and was hosted by Enseñá por Argentina. The event brought together alumni of Enseñá por Argentina, Enseñá por Bolivia, Ensina Brasil, Enseña Chile, Enseña por Colombia, Enseña Ecuador, Enseña por México, Enseña por Panamá, Enseña por Paraguay, Enseña Perú, and Enseña Uruguay, along with experts such as Emiliana Vegas, Harvard University Graduate School of Education professor; Mercedes Miguel, Minister of Education for the City of Buenos Aires; Victor Both Eyng from the Brazilian Ministry of Education; Denise Abulafia entrepreneur and faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education; Marcos Peña, Founder and Director General of NaviTools; and Victor Volman, Executive Director of Argentinos por la Educación, among others.
Under the theme “Dialogues for Educational Transformation,” Latido Latino sought to foster conversations that would connect experiences, build bridges between countries, and strengthen a network that continues to foster collective leadership beyond borders.
The event began with a “Day of Experiences,” a session that invited alumni to gain firsthand insight into diverse approaches to education in Argentina. Highlights included visits to various educational institutions to learn about their programs, share experiences, and gain exposure to different realities and ways of transforming education across various sectors, as well as a session on public policy in action featuring Mercedes Miguel, Minister of Education for the City of Buenos Aires, with a focus on the Buenos Aires Aprende Plan.
On Friday and Saturday, the program featured panels, conversations, workshops, masterclasses, and unconferences. One of the central themes was “The Regional Ecosystem Today,” a conversation that brought together leaders from different countries to reflect on the challenges facing education in Latin America and the importance of developing responses from a regional perspective. The session “The Power of Us” created a space to reflect on the value of collective action and the role of network alumni driving transformation in their communities.
The program addressed key topics for the present and future of education, including artificial intelligence, innovation, misinformation and information seeking, the future of work, school leadership, administrative teams, and literature and the classroom, among others.
The event also gave a platform to students’ voices through “Student Leadership in the First Person,” a conversation led by Florencia Chiaramonte, an alumna of Enseñá por Argentina, alongside students from Colegio Tesla in Rosario. The session reminded attendees of the importance of listening to those who experience education firsthand every day and recognizing students as the true protagonists of any discussion around education, with their own perspectives, questions, and ideas about what is happening in their communities.
In addition to raising their voices, students also demonstrated their skills and talents, including a tango performance by students from the Jorge Donn High School of Artistic Education in Dance and a performance by a student orchestra from the Julio Cao, Hero of the Falklands School of Commerce No. 22.
Beyond the program, one of Latido Latino’s main objectives is to strengthen the bonds among members of the Teach For All alumni community.
“Latido Latino is, above all, a collective endeavor,” explained Verónica Cipriota, Executive Director of Enseñá por Argentina. “Over these three days, we were able to bring together voices, experiences, and perspectives from different countries, organizations, and sectors, with the conviction that the challenges facing education in our region cannot be solved in isolation. This gathering was made possible thanks to the commitment of Teach For All, the organizations in the Latin American network, our partners, and—especially—each alumnus and alumna who brought their questions, their lessons learned, and their desire to continue building together with others. That ability to come together, listen to one another, and network is also a way to transform education.”
The ninth edition of Latido Latino concluded after three days of conversations, shared experiences, and lessons learned, centered on one key idea: Although education systems in Latin America face different realities, many of their challenges no longer recognize borders—and neither should the solutions.
The 2026 Latido Latino was made possible through the collaboration of representatives from Teach For All’s global organization and network partners across Latin America, as well as their Heads of Alumni and Global Connectors, who brought diverse perspectives and experiences from across the region. Special thanks to Abril Torralva, Enseñá por Argentina alumna and Latido Latino Project Manager, for leading and coordinating the team and the development of the event, alongside Daiana Cuff, Director of Operations; Juan Cruz Dall Asta, Impact and Alumni Coordinator; and Pedro Bracco, Impact and Alumni Analyst at Enseñá por Argentina.
