2020 Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors
The Fulbright U.S. Student Alumni Ambassador Program was established in 2008 to identify, train and engage a select group of approximately 20 Fulbright U.S. Student Program alumni each year to serve as representatives, recruiters and voices for the Fulbright Program. They are selected annually through recommendations from Fulbright Commissions and U.S. Embassy staff, area managers, the Fulbright Student Program Outreach Division and are approved by the sponsor of the Fulbright Program, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors come from an array of different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, states, fields of study, institutions; they have participated in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in all world areas.
Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors represent the program's rich diversity and play a key role in increasing knowledge about Fulbright opportunities. They provide testimonials about their Fulbright experiences at conferences and campus presentations and offer application tips in written articles, video and podcast interviews, webinars and at special events throughout the United States. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program relies on the Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors to assist potential applicants, sharing what a Fulbright grant is really like, along with how to address the challenges of living abroad successfully and how best 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.
Each Alumni Ambassador has an email contact. Reach out by finding their emails in the bios below.
Fernando Xavier Abarca
Fulbright U.S. Student in Economic Development
El Salvador, 2018-2019
James L. Anderson
Fulbright U.S. Student in International Relations
Canada, 2018-2019
Tania Aparicio
Fulbright U.S. Student in Sociology and Film
Mexico, 2018-2019
Ashleigh Brown-Grier
Fulbright U.S. Student English Teaching Assistant Malaysia, 2016-2017
Jonathan Capps
Fulbright U.S. Student in Design & Glass
Finland, 2018-2019
Olivia Coffman
Fulbright U.S. Student English Teaching Assistant
Sri Lanka, 2018-2019
Abraham M. De La Rosa
Fulbright U.S. Student in Public Administration
Italy, 2018-2019
Nicholas Huang
Fulbright U.S. Student English Teaching Assistant
Macau, 2018-2019
Isra Hussain
Fulbright U.S. Combined Research Fellow in Sociology
Austria, 2018-2019
Olugbenga Joseph
Fulbright U.S. Student English Teaching Assistant
Spain, 2017-2018
Lindsey Liles
Fulbright U.S. Student English Teaching Assistant
Brazil, 2018-2019
Maren A. Lujan
Fulbright U.S. Student in Anthropology
Sierra Leone, 2017-2018
Ashley McGuigan
Fulbright U.S. Student in Botany
Fiji, 2016-2017
Harrison Meyer
Fulbright U.S. Student in Environmental Science
United Arab Emirates, 2017-2018
Jenné Nurse
Fulbright U.S. Student English Teaching Assistant South Africa, 2018-2019
Jedd Sankar-Gorton
Fulbright U.S. Student in Geography
Slovenia, 2018-2019
Geetha Somayajula
Fulbright U.S. Student in Conducting
India, 2018-2019
Katie Thornton
Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow
England and Singapore, 2018-2019
Gerti Wilson
Fulbright U.S. Student in Law
Kenya, 2018-2019