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...
Alexandr Hriptun ‘08: “Football is family”
Alexandr Hriptun '08
Tiraspol, Moldova / Burleson, Texas
Education: BA in English and German Philology from Moldova State University; MA in European Studies from Aarhus University...
Follow Your Heart: From Qarshi to Harvard Medical School
Jamshid Jambulov’s journey from growing up in southern Uzbekistan to being accepted into a paid Research Fellowship at Harvard Medical School began with applying...
Mikheil Benidze ’06: ‘I want to see real democracy in Georgia’
Mikheil Benidze '06
Tbilisi, Georgia / Adrian, MI
Education: BA in Business Administration from the Tbilisi State University, MBA in Business Administration from Porto Business School,...
Ayaulym Tursynkhnova ’17: Change Starts Locally
Ayaulym Tursynkhanova’17 (Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan /Beresford, SD) is both a FLEX and ACCESS Program alumna. She is a former City Representative (CR) of Ust-Kamenogorsk, and,...
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...
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...
Abdulvahhobi Muminjoniyon ‘09: Athlete and Activist
If you ask Abdulvahhobi Muminjoniyon ’09 (Duashanbe, Tajikistan/ Houston, TX), the FLEX program changed his life. However, since his return to Dushanbe in 2009,...
An Interview with Poet, Scholar and Translator Iryna Shuvalova ’02 from Ukraine
Can folk and modern poetry help to overcome post-conflict trauma?
Iryna Shuvalova '02
Kyiv, Ukraine / Athens, TN
Education (university, degrees, major, area of specialization):
Cambridge University,...
Interview with Notable Alumnus Hikmat Aliyev ’94
Hikmat Aliyev ’94 (Baku, Azerbaijan/La Harpe, IL) is an alumnus of the first cohort of the FLEX program. After his exchange year, Hikmat returned...
