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...
Turkmenistan’s Jennet Gurbanmammedova ’10 Pursues Ethical Business Practices
Jennet Gurbanmammedova ‘10
Balkanabat, Turkmenistan / Alexandria, VA
Education: KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Majoring in Finance, Minoring in Accounting
In August 2015 Jennet Gurbanmammedova ‘10 will...
FLEX Kicks off the 25th Anniversary of U.S.-Ukrainian Diplomatic Relations
In recognition of the 25th Anniversary of U.S.-Ukrainian diplomatic relations, American Councils organized a reception on November 4 to celebrate the milestone and recollect...
Yulia Simonova ’02 ‘Every Student with a Disability Must Have Choices’
I remember that my flight to the U.S. was on Friday 13 – I was trembling – it was the first time that I...
Conflict Transformation Activist Lilit Gizhlaryan ’09
Lilit Gizhlaryan ‘09
Verin Karmiraghbyur, Armenia / Rosly, South Dakota
Education: MA in Spanish Language and Literature from Yerevan State University.
‘I decided to continue listening’
What is...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...