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...
Victoria Aleksanyan ’04 Wants a Future for Film in Armenia
While Victoria Aleksanyan ’04 (Yerevan, Armenia / Andover, KS) cites the plains of Kansas, where she spent her FLEX year, as the birthplace of...
FLEX Alumnus from Montenegro Empowers Youth in the Region
FLEX alumnus from Montenegro, Stefan Raicevic ’12 (Bar, Montenegro/Parsons, KS), is using what he learned during his exchange year to empower youth in the Balkans...
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...
Tetyana Bohdanova: Exploring Digital Activism through Global Voices
An Interview with contributor to Global Voices FLEX alumna Tetyana Bohdanova ’01
Tetyana Bohdanova ‘01
Lviv, Ukraine / Stickney, South Dakota
Education: BA in Business Administration from...
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...
Kholmati Kholik ’09 Advocating for Change in Tajikistan Labor Migration
‘I would love to build on my professional experience and bring all of the new skills back to my country. I hope to be...
Business Leader Sergey Kulyagin ‘97: ‘International experience got me through the door –...
‘FLEX was the springboard experience of my life. It exposed me to the side of my personality which I wouldn’t have discovered otherwise –...
Layla Abdullaeva (Uzbekistan) Success Against All Odds
'Every time something big is happening in my life, I step back a little and mentally prepare myself. I'm learning how to be more...
Yulia (Mokshina) Sushkova ’95 (Saransk, Russia): Professor, Writer and Radio Show Presenter
Yulia (Mokshina) Sushkova ‘95
Saransk, Russia / Naples, Florida
Education: Law Degree in 2001, PhD (2003) and Doctoral Degree (2009) in Ethnology and Anthropology from Ogarev...