Sabina Abbasova ’16: CEO at Age 23
Before Sabina Abbasova ’16 (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan / Havelock, NC) even graduated from college, she was offered the position of CEO, chief executive officer, at...
Ivan Verstyuk ’00: A Journalist for Ukraine
It is late afternoon in Kyiv, Ukraine, and journalist Ivan Verstyuk ’00 (Kyiv, Ukraine / Leavenworth, KS), usually the one conducting interviews, is answering...
Aigul Saparova ’18: From FLEXer to Global Software Program Manager
From her childhood home in the village of Kerben in central Kyrgyzstan, Aigul Saparova '18 (Kerben, Kyrgyzstan/Visalia, CA) helps clients from around the world solve their...
Ana Indoitu: Innovating the Legal Education Field in Moldova
Big, big, big – that is what Ana Indoitu, a 16-year-old FLEX student, saw everywhere she looked when she arrived in the U.S. in...
Gunel Isakova ’08: Be Curious, Question, and Observe
Halfway around the world, on her own and living with an American host family, Gunel Isakova, a 17-year-old Muslim exchange student from Azerbaijan, found...
Luka Bluashvili ’19: Strength is in Unity
In late December 2020, Luka Bluashvili ’19 (Tbilisi, Georgia/ Belleville, IL) traveled to the remote Georgian village of Atotsi. As he surveyed the mountainous...
Mongolian Prime Minister Awards FLEX Alumnus with “Young Person of the Year”
“With great power comes great responsibility” said Bayarjavkhlan Bayanmunkh ’19 (Baruun Urt, Mongolia/Yale, MI), when asked to reflect on receiving the “Young Person of...
Farzona Yahyaeva ’12: Building Tajikistan’s Digital Economy
Education: Degree in Management and IT from the Russian-Tajik (Slavonic) University in Dushanbe
“In my home country, Tajikistan, we have a big problem with labor...
Elene Ghelaghutashvili ‘07: World Traveler with a Big Vision
Tbilisi, Georgia / Calico Rock, Arkanza
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in business administration from the Caucasus University (Georgia); member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants...
Conflict Transformation Activist Klaudija Abat ’16: Re-discovering the Balkans in the U.S.
‘My father is a Catholic from Albania and my mother is an Orthodox Christian from Montenegro. Growing up in Montenegro I never knew where...
