Exchange Programs 2015 Year in Review

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Throughout 2015, we will be celebrating 75 years of State Department sponsored exchange programs.

 

The exchange program benefitted me in ways that I never thought of.

 

 

When you empower women, you grow endless possibilities.

 

I gained a lot of confidence. It really helped me to become someone I always wanted to be.

 

 

The idea is that the girls are going to discuss climate change and culture aspects of both countries.

 

 

And YSEALI is the right platform, where a leader is born, shaped, and molded into a great leader.

 

I'm on a train. [Laughter]

 

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I have never felt capable of doing everything I want to do.

 

We really want to encourage people from all walks of life in America to study abroad.

 

A person with disabilities, is a person, and has equal rights.

 

We love American English!

 

When I was walking in Bangkok,

 

 

I came to a point where I realized, I am navigating this country by myself.

 

 

I am navigating life by myself.

 

 

It's just, it's beneficial to anyone, to really just step out of your own shoes for a year.

 

And get to live in somebody else's

 

 

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