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  1. Tolis of Greece Returns for an Encore

    "One of the highlights on my trip was my meeting with Howard Schwartz, the organizer of the top Hip Hop dance event in the world, Hip Hop International, and the producer of the television show America’s Best Dance Crew."

  2. U.S. and Egyptian Educators Benefit from Collaboration

    Ez Eldin Salem participated in the State Department’s Teachers of Critical Languages Program, which brings teachers from China and Egypt to teach Mandarin and Arabic in U.S. elementary and secondary schools for one academic year.

  3. Home Host Exceeds Expectations as a Citizen Diplomat

    Over the past 11 years, International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) participants from all around the world have walked through Anita Bevan’s front doors. Anita lives by a quote displayed in her Reno, Nevada home, “May all who enter as guests leave as friends.”

  4. TechGirls: Fatma’s Story

    Before Fatma began her three week TechGirls exchange program in the United States, she had yet to venture outside of her “tiny slice of life in Yemen.”

  5. TechGirls: Lara’s Story

    “I have a responsibility to take care of those who are less fortunate and to make a difference in their life,” says Lara Kasbari after completing the four week U.S. State Department TechGirls program.

  6. Basketball and Bilingualism Make for an All Star Exchange

    When Marcos Henrique arrived to the U.S. for the Brazil Basketball All Star Sports Visitor Program, he hit the ground running.

  7. Fulbright Foreign Student Works on Oscar-Nominated Film

    Ricardo Marmolejo shares how the Fulbright Foreign Student program helped him fill a gap in his education.

  8. Joannie of Benin Becomes a Leader

    When the U.S. Embassy in Cotonou nominated Joannie Bewa to attend the International Visitor Leadership Program’s (IVLP) “Young African Leaders” with 19 of her colleagues from across Africa, she jumped at the chance to gain a better perspective of U.S. culture and policy.

  9. Building a Future Through Technology

    Sura Mubarak is a true TechGirl—developing a robotics project to help people with hand disabilities control a computer and starting a volunteering organization. Sura knew that in order to pursue her love of robotics, a trip to the United States was in her future.

  10. YES Student “Another Son” to Indiana Host Family

    "He called me ‘Mom,’ and now when we talk on the phone every Sunday he calls me ‘Mom 2’."

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