Spotlight on Alumni
Around the globe, alumni are fostering mutual understanding by sharing their talents, knowledge, experience, and time with their community. Many have also risen to positions of prominence. Below are a few of their stories:
Renée Fleming
World-renowned Opera Singer, Fulbright Student in Germany, 1984.
Hüseyin Karabey
With his latest acclaimed film, "My Marlon and Brando," the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumnus Hüseyin Karabey is seeing his boyhood dreams become reality on silver screens the world over.
Fred Mutebi
Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, Fred Mutebi, is a dynamic artist who encourages women and youth to use art as a means of communicating HIV/AIDS messages through his organization, “Let Art Talk.”
Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Peace Prize-winning founder of Grameen Bank, Fulbright Student in the United States, 1965-1966.
Yo-Yo Ma
World-renowned cellist, Yo Yo Ma was a Culture Ambassador from 2003-2008.
Maria Landa
FORTUNE alumna Maria Esther Landa is one of the founders of Generando, a Peruvian women's microentrepreneur network.