Ayaulym Tursynkhnova ’17: Change Starts Locally
Ayaulym Tursynkhanova’17 (Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan /Beresford, SD) is both a FLEX and ACCESS Program alumna. She is a former City Representative (CR) of Ust-Kamenogorsk, and,...
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...
Mikhail Pimenov ‘95, The Catalyst for Ukrainian Participation in the Invictus Games
“When I told my parents that I might end up becoming a finalist of the FLEX program and spend a year in the US,...
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...
Esma Gumberidze ’13 Campaigning for Equal Opportunities in Georgia
The following interview highlights the work of Esma Gumberidze ’13. Esma is an active alumna in Georgia who advocates for equal opportunities and access...
Exchanges to Internship Program: Challenging Perceptions about Government Work in Kyrgyzstan
Funded by the U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan and implemented by American Councils, the ‘Exchanges to Internships’ program (Etol) is currently in its fifth year....
Kyrgyzstan Appoints FLEX Alumna as Deputy Minister of Education
Bermet Tursunkulova ‘94 (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan / Frederick, MD) was recently appointed Deputy Minister of Education of Kyrgyzstan. Prior to her new appointment, she served as the...
FLEX Alumnus Winner of the All-Kyrgyzstan Mathematics Olympiada
The FLEX Alumni program would like to congratulate Vadim Kurochkin ’14 (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Plymouth, CT), the winner of the 2015 AUCA Olympiad of Mathematics for High...
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...
Tural Garibov ’01 Azerbaijan
In 2007 I graduated from Baku State University with Masters in Theory of Economy. I’m also an alumnus of Global Village for Future Leaders in Business and Industry program managed by Iacocca Institute at Lehigh University and several programs for executives held by professors of Mays Business School