Sanzhar Abdikhalyk ’96 American Sushi Inspired My Career
‘FLEX is a unique network of talented people from different countries who are united by similar experiences and values. Let’s keep in touch with...
Film Producer Akmyrat Tuyliyev ’08 ‘I want to go beyond entertainment’
Borders are drawn by politicians but human beings live on this planet together. We should collaborate and do creative work across continents. Let's represent...
Mariya Netayeva ’02 Promoting Social Entrepreneurship in Russia
Mariya Netayeva ’02
Tomsk, Russia / Sand Springs, OK
Education: Degree in Foreign Language Teaching and Translation/Interpreting from Tomsk State University (2007), Executive MBA from Hult International Business...
Global Village Mentor Nana Aburjanidze ‘96
Nana Aburjanidze ‘96
Poti, Georgia/Corinth, MS
Education: Master’s Degree in International Economics from the Georgian Technical University and MBA from the University of Utah
Profile created by...
Halyna Yanchenko ’04 Anticorruption Deputy at Kyiv City Council
‘After the return to your country it takes a lot of mental strength to start contributing to change in your community instead of wanting...
Miskola Abdulloeva ’02 Tajikistan
Written by Jacob Smith
Program Officer
American Councils in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Miskola Abdulloeva, FLEX '02, first learned about the FLEX program when she was a young girl....
Social Café: Social Entrepreneurship in Action in Kazakhstan
Organizers of the Social Cafe in Astana have recently opened a crowdfunding campaign to support the initiative. All of the funds raised will help...
Roman Fishchuk ’04 Founder of Innovative Hearing Center in Ukraine
"Roman will continue reforming the system on a state level, however, he believes that real change is always brought by grassroots initiatives"
Roman Fishchuk ‘04
Ivano-Frankivsk,...
Dusan Ilic ’08: Regional Cooperation in the Balkans Is the Key
Over the last two years Dusan Ilic conducted a wide range of alumni projects – charity concerts, gender equality lectures, career workshops, and art...
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...