Newark students,
out in the world.
Mad Travel takes young people from Newark and other New Jersey communities abroad, and brings the world to their classrooms first.
Mad Travel takes young people from Newark and other New Jersey communities abroad, and brings the world to their classrooms first.
The 2017 trip took a class from Newark to Wroxton College, then on to London.
Madeline studied abroad at Wroxton College in England, the trip that started it all.
Newark Public Schools juniors flew to London on the first #NewarkToLondon trip.
→A second class of Newark juniors spent the week at Wroxton College, then in London.
→Madeline and her family returned to Wroxton.
→March 28 to April 2, 2027, from Newark to Wroxton and London.
→Workshops and presentations are the steady work. Trips are the goal each year. Both depend on people who care.
Madeline visits classrooms, after-school clubs and college readiness programs to talk about studying abroad and what it takes to get there.
→Passports, deposits, packing, what a week at Wroxton College looks like. Honest answers before you commit.
→Mad Travel, Inc. is a 501(c)(3). Gifts help send the next group of students on their first trip abroad.
Madeline Torto grew up in Newark and studied abroad at Wroxton College. In 2015 she founded Mad Travel so Newark students could have the same chance.
Since then she has spoken to more than 1,000 students in New Jersey and Florida, and her goal is simple: more of them leaving as global citizens.
→“A wonderful, life-changing opportunity for my child.”Nicaury, parent