Hasmik Tonapetyan ’09 Brings Her Experience Back to Gyumri
‘Each experience in my life somehow leads to the other while my main interests remain the same – it’s youth work, civic activism and...
From Almaty to Silicon Valley Through the Push of a Button: The Story of...
Aruzhan Koshkarova ‘16
Almaty, Kazakhstan / Rogersville, MO
Education: Student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA
A few months ago, in Kazakhstan, a teenage girl was kidnapped on...
Aram Orbelyan ‘99 Armenian Legal System Reformer
Message to FLEX alumni: After your FLEX year it’s important to remember that the world is not limited only to America, it’s big and...
Igor Zlatojev ’07 Combating Extremism through Community Engagement
Igor advises FLEX alumni to value people's individuality above social, economic or religious factors. 'Be yourself and don't buckle under social pressures! Don't only...
Big Business Executive Zarina Chekirbaeva ’98
Zarina Chekirbaeva ’98 (Naryn, Kyrgyzstan / Glen Ellyn, IL)
Education: BA in Business Administration from the American University of Central Asia, MA in Public Administration...
Abai Iliyazov ’05 Kyrgyzstan
Abai Iliyazov ’05
Chuy, Kyrgyzstan/Gardendale, AL
Please meet Abai Iliyazov ’05, whose Kyrgyz “Ak Kalpak” magic hat has opened doors to adventures and helped him make...
Teona Mikadze ’97: Global Village is a Transformational Experience
"The FLEX and Global Village programs were very influential in my career – they gave me persistence and drive to succeed, but, most importantly,...
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...
Oleksandr Shymanko ‘In the U.S. I began to think outside of the box’
Entrepreneur, innovator, branding designer, and student Oleksandr Shymanko - there are those people who you wonder how they succeed to complete everything with only 24 hours...
Mariam Mikiashvili ’05 Reading for Better Future in Georgia
Mariam Mikiashvili ’05 (Tbilisi, Georgia/ Duncan, SC)
Tbilisi, Georgia / Spartanburg, South Carolina
Education: BA in Sociology from Tbilisi State University; MA in Philosophy in Special...