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  1. My Colorado Cultural Experience

    Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program participant Anastasiya engaged in many activities in her new city, volunteering in an animal shelter, participating in sports teams, and helping students with disabilities.

  2. American Abroad Student of the Month: December 2017

    Christina Carrington, a Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Abroad Program (YES Abroad) participant is the U.S. Department of State’s December 2017 American Abroad Student of the Month. From Kansas and a graduate of Washburn Rural High School, Christina is currently studying in Skopje, Macedonia.

  3. 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.”

  4. A Crash Course in American Media

    Lamii Kpargoi’s long history of work and deep passion for the ideas of democracy and the rule of law led him to a Community Solutions Program exchange.

  5. Living as an American Teenager

    Because of the YES Program I am confident now and I believe in myself.

  6. Unpublished

    The Richness of Diversity

    I learned that there is great richness in diversity, and each person had an impact on me.

  7. October 2023 CBYX U.S. Participant of the Month

    The German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce Elisabet Saveraid as the October Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) U.S. Participant of the Month! Elisabet, a CBYX Vocational program participant from Saint Paul, Minnesota and recruited by Nacel Open Door, is hosted by the Witziok family in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia.

  8. Connecting Through Science

    Randy French teaches middle school science in western New York State and recently travelled to Ghana with the Teachers for Global Classrooms program; where he spent a week at the Accra Girls school.

  9. Second Time’s a Charm

    Erin Towns talks about what it means to participate in the Teachers for Global Classroom program.

  10. April 2024 CBYX U.S. Participant of the Month

    The German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce Lucy Brumfiel as the April Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) U.S. Participant of the Month!  Lucy, a CBYX High School program participant from Norwood, CO and recruited by CIEE, is hosted by the Kögel family in Dinklage, Niedersachsen.

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