Gilbert Sister Cities

Yesterday, our Youth Ambassadors had an amazing experience at the Gilbert Public Safety Training Facility! Thank you to Fire Rep Chief Barton and Police Sargeant Peterson for the tour and council members Jim Torgeson, Yung Koprowski, and Vice Mayor Chuck Bongiovanni for coming out to speak to our students.

Thank you to our friends in the Young River People’s Council at YRPC for inviting our Youth Ambassadors from Gilbert and AN Borough Council to learn about your traditions!

Our Northern Irish visitors are experiencing their first baseball game tonight!

A glimpse into Allie and Aodhan’s first week exploring Gilbert!

Week one with our Antrim-Newtownabbey youth ambassadors in Arizona!

A HUGE Welcome to Gilbert to our Youth Ambassadors from Antrim-Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland! Aodhan, Caitlin, and Sara arrived this afternoon and have already had a great taste of Gilbert at

Thanks to for writing good luck cards to students at Leshan Jiaxiang Foreign Languages School as they prepare for their gaokao college entrance exam. They wrote letters to 216 seniors and 70 faculty and staff.

We are so proud to have played a part in connecting these sister schools!

Thanks to Sonoma Ranch Elementary for having our Youth Ambassadors at your Multicultural Night! We loved spreading the mission of Gilbert Sister Cities to your students and families!

Please meet our 2026 Youth Ambassadors!

Maya, Allie, and Mackenzie will be heading to Antrim-Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, and Eurah, Michael, and Amelia will be heading to Leshan, China.

Congratulations to all!

Read the full press release: gilbertsistercities.org/gilbert-sister-cities-selects-2026-youth-ambassadors/