1. From Professional Fellow to Lifelong Friend

   Leslie Jensen, Vice President and Commercial Banker at First Interstate Bank, has always been interested in learning more about people and places outside of the United States. After hearing about the Professional Fellows Economic Empowerment Program, she felt a strong connection to the goals of the program and decided to host a participant from Burma.

2. Blind Student Finds New Confidence Teaching in a Foreign Country

   Once Andrey was accepted into the program, the realities of being disabled in a foreign country came to the forefront of his mind.

3. Building Strong Ties Through Friendship

   A “teacher at heart,” John Balsam has long been interested in hosting international visitors. Sharing his experiences with them and learning from them, he says, has given him a new perspective on the United States and the challenges it faces.

4. Unpublished

   TechWomen SpeakOUT on StoryCorps

   

   Menekse Gencer (Silicon Valley Mentor) & Noha Abousonna (Egyptian TechWoman) talk about their journey working in technology as women.

5. Unpublished

   The Spirit of Volunteerism in Zambia

   

   During his time in the United States as a participant in the International Visitor Leadership Program, Mark Chilongu of Lusaka, Zambia was struck by the way in which Americans shared their time and resources to care for the poor.

6. The Faces of FLEX

   

   Winners of the "Faces of FLEX" photo and video contest.

7. TechWomen: A Platform for Women’s Empowerment

   

   The TechWomen program brings women from the Middle East, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa for a professional mentorship in Silicon Valley. The application for the 2015 TechWomen program opens on December 16, 2014.

8. TechWomen Alumna Lands on Forbes Middle East’s 30 Under 30

   For Ameni Mansouri, a TechWomen 2015 alumna from Tunisia, making it on Forbes Middle East’s 30 Under 30 list has always been one of her dreams, but how could she make it happen?

9. Fulbright Arctic Initiative

   The Fulbright Arctic Initiative supports a team of scholars and researchers from the Arctic Council member countries to research and assess the impact of change in the Arctic and engage in collaborative thinking, analysis and problem solving.

10. Groundbreaking Musical Exchange - Center Stage

    

    Center Stage, is a groundbreaking cultural diplomacy initiative that connects foreign artists with American communities through the performing arts.

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