December 21, 2018
Paraguay

Krish Caballero, a 2017 YLAI (Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative) alumna from Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, leads by example. She is a powerful influence both in her home community and abroad, inspiring thousands of youth to become change agents.

December 14, 2018
United States

Meet Brendan Shultz, a Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange Scholar who studied abroad in Macedonia, and says being an #ExchangeAlumni is the "gift that keeps on giving!"

December 6, 2018
El Salvador

In May 2018, a group of health communicators from 19 countries visited the United States for Mission Mosquito, a two-week exchange sponsored by the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES). Read about how Carlos Pineda took what he learned during his exchange back to his home in El Salvador, and how he plans to work towards eliminating mosquito-borne diseases in the country.

November 26, 2018
Ukraine

Valeriy Ryabukha is a dedicated leader and developer of future leaders. In the nearly 20 years since his first international exchange, Valeriy has drawn on his U.S. experience and his ever-growing U.S. network to promote youth leadership and prevent drug abuse, crime, and HIV/AIDS in Ukraine.

October 29, 2018
Tanzania

These are just a few of the words to describe Kisioki Moitiko, a 2016 alumnus of the Mandela Washington Fellowship (MWF) for Young African Leaders.

September 25, 2018
Taiwan

Karen Yu has always been a strong promoter of entrepreneurship, start-ups, and creating opportunities for small businesses.

Entrepreneur Stories

Sandra Correia
Inspired by her IVLP exchange experience and hoping to share it with other aspiring entrepreneurs in Portugal, Sandra Correia launched “A New Beginning for Portugal” (ANBFP) two years after her return.
Alpha Bacar Barry, Exchange Alumni Member of the Month, September 2015
Fresh from his Young African Leaders Initiative experience, Alpha Bacar started Jatropha, a microfinance organization focusing on women’s empowerment, which was also the first business incubator created in Guinea.
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Eleanor Jones, one of the U.S. Students involved in the Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI) at St. Mary's college in 2014, talks about her experience helping women from Jordan develop SheCab; a woman owned cab company in Jordan.
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Alumna of the Month

Michelle Ciulla L.

United States
Michelle Lipkin

Media Literacy seems to be the buzzword these days. What does it really mean? Why is it so important? Meet #ExchangeAlumni Michelle Ciulla Lipkin.

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A Life-Changing Mission: Exchange Alumni Shomy Hasan Chowdhury Empowers Youth for Interconnected Global Impact, WASH Goals

Shomy, along with her co-founder Rijve Arafin, created a non-profit to empower young people with transferable skills to take action towards sustainable development on a local level.

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