1. Zina Salim Hassan Hamu

   Zina has dedicated herself to portray the story of the Yazidi people through photojournalism. Having personally witnessed the genocide of Yazidi girls by ISIS, Zina became the voice to carry their story to the international community.

2. Firuz Yogbekov

3. José Rodríguez

4. Isasiphinkosi Mdingi

5. Dania Hassan

   After attending summer school at Johns Hopkins University via the U.S. Summer Sisters Exchange Program in 2016, Dania established an organization called “Fun to Learn,” through which teams of volunteers conduct extracurricular programming in underprivileged schools. She is the youngest high achiever of the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network’s #30under30 series.

6. Nancy Herz

7. Tanzil Ferdous

   As the President of Volunteer for Bangladesh, Chittagong in 2015—the largest platform for youth volunteerism in Bangladesh—Tanzil organized numerous successful events for community development, engaging hundreds of youth in volunteerism.

8. SUSI 2015 Alum Wasma Imran is Breaking Taboos in Pakistan

   “Sometimes I think I did not know myself enough before this exchange. I challenged myself and pushed my limits every day of the program, and it was all worth it because I fully understood then what I was capable of.”

9. Study of the U.S. Institute for Secondary Educators 2016 Alums, Sherwan Ameen and Kristina Urbonienė, Develop an Online Cultural Exchange Program among Iraq, Lithuania, and the United States

   The SUSI experience revealed how diverse the United States is and how important it is to know your rights, to stand for them, and to be a strong and creative personality with your unique social, cultural and educational background.

10. Rebuilding a Georgian City

    Charlie Bush felt energized when he learned of his acceptance into the ECA Legislative Fellow Program. Charlie, a City Administrator, would be leaving the U.S. and traveling to the Republic of Georgia to exchange ideas on democracy and political participation.

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