Category archive: Alumni Profiles
Harun trains and serves in Indonesia
Name: Harun All Rosid Sahrun Nationality: Indonesian Years as a GYV Participant: 2006 Education: Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta, Indonesia Recent/Current Education: Instructor/ Student in the Dept.Of Computer Science Most Interest Country Visited: USA Favorite GYV Memories: – presenting Indonesian Culture & Tradition on the GYV stage with friends from around the world – World…
Leaving a Legacy of Communication
Name: Melinda Polner Rothstein Nationality: American Years as a GYV Participant: ’84-’87, ’89-’90 Education: Oberlin College (BA French and Economics), MIT (MBA) Current Occupation: Executive Director of Diaper Free Baby Most Interesting Country (s) Visited: Argentina, Brazil Favorite Memories: It’s hard to pinpoint one memory, but I remember playing the violin with Nguyenvu, playing soccer…
A Legacy of Public Health: Dr. Aishatu
Name: Dr. Aishatu Sadiq Nationality: Nigerian Years in GYV as a Participant: 1992 Education: MBBS, PGDM, MPH-FE (in progress) Recent Current Occupation: Medical Doctor Most Interesting Country(s) Visited: USA, Jordan, Egypt and UK Favorite GYV Memory: A great memory is camping out with my YES (Youth for Environment and Service) in a park. We hiked…
Project U&I promotes Cultural and Environmental Awareness
Michelle Mann (GYV 2012), travelled to Indonesia, last summer, as a participant in the Indonesia-US Youth Leadership Program, one of Legacy’s hands-on environmental action planning and leadership development programs. When she returned to her school in Illinois, she established “Project U&I”, to promote greater cultural and environmental awareness in the St. Charles area amongst teens and young…
A Shining Light from Skidmore
Name: Kali Block-Steele Nationality: USA Year as a GYV Participant: 2008 Education: Will graduate in May 2013 from Skidmore College (upstate NY) Current Occupation: Student Most interesting Country (s) Visited: Turkey, Ghana, Spain, St. Croix Favorite GYV Memory: Laying out on the soccer field with all my friends from Iraq and the U.S. after an…
Speaking ‘Change’ in Kazakhstan
Name: Aiman Yedigeyeva Nationality: Kazakh Years in GYV as a Participant: 2003 Education: MSc Economics, Finance, and Management/University of Bristol Recent/Current Occupation: Analyst at Oliver Wyman projects in Central Asia Most Interesting Country(s) Visited: Catalonia, UK, Uzbekistan Favorite GYV Memory: Tricky question!!! It may also have to be due to excitement of being abroad, and…
From a Syrian Alum to Syria
Alum Lama Alghanem P’06 is a Syrian-American who is very proud of her roots. During her time at Global Youth Village, she took the Middle Eastern Music workshop and is now on her way to dentistry school. The recent bloodshed and violence in Syria is heartbreaking for Lama and for many around the world who…
Making a Difference at Microsoft
Name: Arin Goldberg Nationality: USA Years participated: Participant 1986, 1987, 1988 Education: I studied Physics and Computer Science at the University of Washington (Seattle) Occupation: Program Manager, Speech Recognition Platform, Microsoft Most interesting country visited: South Korea Favorite GYV Memory: There are too many to list, but some that jump out are: · Spending lots…
Shelby reminisces about 1985
Name: Shelby Weaver Nationality: African American Participant during: 1985 Education: The American University Occupation: Event Manager/Promoter Most Interesting Country Visited: Egypt Favorite GYV Memory: Middle East Visit, cleaning up beaches at the Red Sea! Volunteer/Civic Engagement Activities since Global Youth Village: Community volunteer at local nursing facilities with youth Biography: I live in Maryland and…
Volunteer Extraordinaire Spencer
Name: Spencer Sallee Nationality: Asian American Years participated: Participant 2006,2007 Education: Sophomore at Drexel University Occupation: Student Most interesting country visited: Guatemala Favorite GYV memory: To call out one memory out of two years of participating at Global Youth Village is harder than I ever thought it would be. Whenever I think about GYV I automatically…