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. Discovering American Culture

   Nodirjon Siddikov was expecting many things when he came to Rochester, New York, as part of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program in 2009, but a vibrant food culture was not one of them.

3. Paralympian Dartanyon Crockett on Living #WithoutLimits

   

   Lives Without Limits; Dartanyon Crockett, a SportsUnited Envoy to Turkmenistan and Paralympic athlete from the United States, tells us what living without limits means to him. #WithoutLimits

4. 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.

5. Flying High at Community College

   “For me, having a friendship family has been the best way to learn about American English and United States culture and history."

6. Small Actions, Big Impacts in Bangladesh

   "Some boys ran up to me and asked why I was doing this," says Filip. "I explained that I had clean parks and places to play in and for one day I wanted them to have a place like that as well."

7. For the People on Taiwan, Mental Health Care is Now Just a Tap Away

   Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) alumna Lynia Huang had one main goal — to make mental health care accessible to all, which is why she co-founded Bamboo Technology as a mental health service company.

8. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Salvador, Brazil

   

   Newly appointed Global Cultural Ambassador Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spends time in Brazil to speak with youth about the importance and power of education.

9. Iraqi Basketball Players Visit the United States

   

   On June 22, 2011, the U.S. Department of State welcomed 10 young Iraqi basketball players and their coaches to the United States.

10. New Exchange Supports Global Growth of American Football

    In a country like Brazil where the term futebol almost always means soccer, you might be surprised to find a team like the Recife Mariners playing American-style football.

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