Alumnus Works for a Better Future at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy
Fariz Ismailzade from Baku, Azerbaijan traveled on FLEX to Cove, Oregon in 1995-96.
Education: BA in Political Science from Western University in Baku with one year exchange...
An Interview with Poet, Scholar and Translator Iryna Shuvalova ’02 from Ukraine
Can folk and modern poetry help to overcome post-conflict trauma?
Iryna Shuvalova '02
Kyiv, Ukraine / Athens, TN
Education (university, degrees, major, area of specialization):
Cambridge University,...
Yagub Rahimov ’06 author of ”Forex NOT for Dummies”
Yagub Rahimov ‘06
Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan / Imperial, California
Education: BA in International Business and Management from Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands
Profile written by Tatyana...
Programmer Shahen Mailyan
An interview alumnus Shahen Mailyan who is developing a new global restaurant app. His message to FLEX alumni: Our world is fast-paced and the...
Musical Ambassador
Marina Verenikina '95 (Marina V)
Springfield, IL/Los Angeles, CA
Musician
Marina Verenikina is better known as Marina V, an internationally renowned singer and songwriter from Moscow who...
Mykola Tymkiv ’08 From a Small Start-Up to an 800-person company: A great...
ZoomSupport is eager to help the FLEX program by offering technical support for host families of current students or alumni of the FLEX program...
Follow Your Heart: From Qarshi to Harvard Medical School
Jamshid Jambulov’s journey from growing up in southern Uzbekistan to being accepted into a paid Research Fellowship at Harvard Medical School began with applying...
Iaroslav Zhydenko ‘06 ‘Be proud of your work results’
‘Living in a foreign country independently at such a young age made me much more adaptable and able to communicate with people.
Iaroslav Zhydenko ‘06
Chernihiv,...
FLEX Talks in Ukraine
On February 18 more than 130 people attended the FLEX Talks conference in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was the first conference of its kind in...
Eugeniu Sinchevici ’16 Works for the Youth of Moldova
It was an election year when Eugeniu Sinchevici ’16 (Chisinau, Moldova / Albion, PA) first arrived in Pennsylvania, a state often coined a “swing...