2024 Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors
Purpose
In 2008, this program was established to identify and train a group of approximately 20 alumni annually to serve as representatives for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Selection
Each fall, Fulbright Commissions, U.S. Embassies, Fulbright Program Managers, and the Outreach Division come together to recommend alumni for the ambassador program. The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs then approves the final selection of Alumni Ambassadors.
About
Alumni Ambassadors come from an array of different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, states, fields of study, institutions, and world regions in which their Fulbright experience took place. They play a key role in bringing awareness about Fulbright opportunities and provide testimonials through conferences, presentations, webinars, articles, podcasts, and special initiatives throughout the U.S.
Assisting potential applicants, Alumni Ambassadors share real Fulbright experiences, the challenges of living abroad successfully, and how to meet the Fulbright Program's ultimate goal—to increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and the people of other countries.
Please contact us if you are interested in becoming an Alumni Ambassador or would like an Alumni Ambassador to present at an in-person or virtual event.
Jacqueline Aguirre De La O
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
South Korea, 2021-2022
U.S. Institutions: University of California, Riverside
Esther Almazán
Fulbright U.S. Student in Literature (Playwriting)
Ireland, 2022-2023
U.S. Institutions: Pima Community College; College of Santa Fe; Prescott College; Arizona State University; University of Arizona
Austin Connors
Fulbright U.S. Student in Public Policy
Paraguay, 2022-2023
U.S. Institution: Duke University
Geghie Davis-Tillie
Fulbright U.S. Student in Design
UK, 2020-2021
U.S. Institutions: Pellissippi State Community College; University of Tennessee
Aida Dodoo
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Madagascar, 2022-2023
U.S. Institution: Salisbury University
Juan Gonzalez
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Argentina, 2022-2023
U.S. Institutions: San Joaquin Delta College; California State University, Long Beach
Carlo Juntilla
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Taiwan, 2021-2022
U.S. Institutions: Gonzaga University; Loyola Marymount University
Rachael Lau
Fulbright U.S. Student in Earthquake and Disaster Engineering
Nepal, 2022-2023
U.S. Institution: Duke University
Savanna Lim
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Turkey, 2021-2022
U.S. Institution: Cornell University
Virgil Parker
Fulbright U.S. Student in Economic Trade and Social Impact
Canada, 2021-2022
U.S. Institution: Howard University
Amanda Pascali
Fulbright U.S. Student in the Arts
Italy, 2022-2023
U.S. Institution: University of Houston
Sylvia Pere
Fulbright U.S. Student in Biology
Kenya, 2022-23
U.S. Institutions: Citrus Community College; Mt. San Antonio College; University of California, Berkeley
Ksenia Polyarskaya
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Kazakhstan, 2022-2023
U.S. Institutions: University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Jesse Rocha
Fulbright U.S. Student in the History of Art
Brazil, 2022-2023
U.S. Institutions: University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Riverside
Taliah Rodriquez
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Ghana, 2022-2023
U.S. Institution: Arizona State University
Tremaine Smith
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Sri Lanka, 2022-2023
U.S. Institutions: Brandeis University; Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Alexandra St Tellien
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Côte d'Ivoire, 2021-2022
U.S. Institutions: University of Florida; Georgia State University
Lavinia Taumoepeau-Latu
Fulbright U.S. Student in the Humanities
Tonga, 2022-2023
U.S. Institutions: University of Utah; Georgetown University
Lyndsie Whitehead
Fulbright U.S. Student in Higher Education
India, 2022-2023
U.S. Institutions: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; University of Pittsburgh; Howard University
Nimra Zubair
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Bulgaria, 2022-2023
U.S. Institutions: Houston Community College; University of Houston