Leadership
This quality helps a leader stay calm and make good decisions under pressure.
What is composure (or self-control / emotional intelligence)?
This is the official language spoken in Colombia.
What is Spanish?
Colombia holds this rank among all countries in the world for the number of bird species found within its borders.
What is #1 (the most bird-diverse country on Earth)?
SMTW students sell this popular Colombian product as one of their main fundraising items.
What is coffee?
This visionary founder created the Show Me the World Project with a mission to take students outside the country for the first time.
Samantha Lurie Carroll
Show Me the World teaches this type of leadership — one that inspires others through your own example and actions.
What is servant leadership (or lead by example)?
Colombia's national flower, the Cattleya trianae, belongs to this plant family, which has about 4,000 species in Colombia.
What is the orchid family (Orchidaceae)?
This is the scientific term for the variety of living species — plants, animals, fungi, and microbes — in a given area.
What is biodiversity?
The SMTW students can be found at the following market event(s).
What is Tower Grove Farmers Market (Earth Day/Festival of Nations)?
The Show Me the World Project was founded this year.
What is 2012?
This leadership skill, practiced in SMWP weekly meetings, means speaking clearly and confidently in front of a group.
What is public speaking (or presentation skills)?
This UNESCO-recognized Colombian carnival blends African, Indigenous, and Spanish traditions through music, dance, and colorful costumes. The event was held in Barranquilla.
What is the Carnaval de Barranquilla?
Colombia's Amazon rainforest acts as a "carbon sink", meaning it absorbs more of this greenhouse gas than it releases.
What is CO2 (carbon dioxide)?
SMWP students practice this entrepreneurial mindset skill — seeing obstacles as opportunities and not giving up when sales are slow.
What is resilience (or perseverance / grit)?
This was the destination of the Show Me the World Project's very first international student trip.
What is Costa Rica?
SMWP students develop this skill by working together toward a shared goal during fundraisers and trip preparation.
What is teamwork (or collaboration)?
Colombia has 87 recognized indigenous groups. This region of Colombia is home to the greatest concentration of them.
What is the Amazon (rainforest/region)?
The Andean páramo ecosystem found high in the Colombian mountains is critically important because it stores and releases this essential resource.
What is freshwater?
SMTW students use persuasive stories designed to convince customers of a company's value, aiming to secure funding or sales.
What is a pitch?
What other Missouri city has the SMTWP recently expanded to?
What is Kansas City, MO?
A great leader uses this to understand others' feelings, build trust, and connect across different cultures.
What is empathy?
Colombia was given this nickname because it sits in the northwestern part of the continent, where South America connects with Central and North America.
What is the Gateway to South America?
Colombian scientist Manuel Elkin Patarroyo created the world's first synthetic vaccine for this deadly mosquito-borne disease in 1987.
What is malaria?
How often do SMTW students collaborate and design their own merchandise.
What is annually (every year, once a year)?
Beyond international travel, SMWP students spend an entire year attending weekly meetings covering these four pillars of learning.
What are Leadership, Entrepreneurship, STEM, and Culture?