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...
Munisa’s Dreams Come True
Dedicated to FLEX alumna’s Mom, Zarina Ahmedova
Munisa Ahmedova ‘15
Cocoa Beach, Florida/ Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Education: currently studying for her BA at Eastern Florida State College
After this...
Teona Mikadze ’97: Global Village is a Transformational Experience
"The FLEX and Global Village programs were very influential in my career – they gave me persistence and drive to succeed, but, most importantly,...
Georgian Politician Nino Zurabishvili ’97: Promoting Democracy and European Integration
Nino Zurabishvili '97
Gori, Georgia / Federal Way, WA
Education: Law Degree from Tbilisi State University, specialization in Criminal law
This interview was compiled in February 2016....
Oleksandr Shymanko ‘In the U.S. I began to think outside of the box’
Entrepreneur, innovator, branding designer, and student Oleksandr Shymanko - there are those people who you wonder how they succeed to complete everything with only 24 hours...
Gunel Isakova ’08: Healthy Living in a Multicultural Society
Gunel Isakova ‘08
Zagatala, Azerbaijan / Newport, Oregon
Education: BA in International Relations from Baku Slavic University
This autumn Gunel Isakova’s long-standing dream finally came true –...
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...
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...
FLEX Talks in Ukraine
On February 18 more than 130 people attended the FLEX Talks conference in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was the first conference of its kind in...
Iryna Lysenko ‘03 and the Youth NGO Iskra
Iryna Lysenko ‘03
Mykolaiv, Ukraine / Fruitland, Idaho
Education: Bachelor’s in Teaching German and English from the Mykolaiv State University, Master’s in Peace and Conflict Studies...