1. Learning the American Way

   Embracing the tenets of the A-SMYLE program – education, exchange, engagement, and empowerment – Danijela participated in youth leadership conferences that gave her the confidence to meet new people. She credits them and her program coordinator for their support.

2. New Year's Eve in Dubai

   Before traveling to Oman on the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange & Study (YES) Program, Dylan Hoey had never left the United States.

3. 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.

4. The Challenges That Make Life Fun

   Anna Voronina travels to North Carolina and gets to fulfill a life-long dream.

5. 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.

6. Living as an American Teenager

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

7. Unpublished

   The Richness of Diversity

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

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. 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.”

10. After FLEX, ‘There is Absolutely Nothing I Can’t Do’

    Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program participant Anton Meshkov traveled from a bustling city in Russia to the small, sprawling American city of Shevlin, MN.

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