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...
Magda Markosyan ’02 Creative Agency CEO and Dreamer
‘Make sure that you bring the inspiration of your FLEX year back to your home country. Never stop dreaming because it’s your aspirations and...
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...
FLEX City Representative of May 2014 Lusine Snkhchyan ’13 (Vanadzor, Armenia)
Lusine Snkhchyan ’13 is the FLEX Alumni City Representative of the month of May 2014 and was nominated by Alumni Coordinator Alen Shadunts ‘09. ...
From Almaty to Silicon Valley Through the Push of a Button: The Story of...
Aruzhan Koshkarova ‘16
Almaty, Kazakhstan / Rogersville, MO
Education: Student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA
A few months ago, in Kazakhstan, a teenage girl was kidnapped on...
Anatoliy Slobodenyuk ’09 Preparing an International Theatre Festival with Garmyder
Anatoliy Slobodenyuk ‘09
Lutsk, Ukraine / Yuma, AZ
Article written by Tatyana Movshevich '04
Over the last few years Anatoliy has had a range of different experiences...
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,...
Elnura Osmonalieva ’99 Kyrgyz Film Director Putting International Education and Social Justice on the...
'Being a film director is physically and emotionally draining. You need to be brave and show your thoughts to the audience and take their...
Ivan Verstyuk ’00: A Journalist for Ukraine
It is late afternoon in Kyiv, Ukraine, and journalist Ivan Verstyuk ’00 (Kyiv, Ukraine / Leavenworth, KS), usually the one conducting interviews, is answering...
Inspiring Entrepreneur Almas Kebekbayev ’08: ‘I never regretted leaving a well-paid job’
Success comes in all different ways and forms. And occasionally in order to achieve your goal you need to turn down what's already perceived...