2021 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.
Nathaniel D. Bastian
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Engineering
Netherlands, 2008-2009
United States Military Academy at West Point
Pennsylvania State University
David Bernstein
Fulbright U.S. Student in Business
Luxembourg, 2013-2014
Bowdoin College
University of Rochester
Clarissa Michelle Davis
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Malaysia, 2008-2009
Spelman College
Maya deVries
Fulbright U.S. Student in Biology
Panama, 2010-2011
University of California, Davis
University of California, Berkeley
History Estill-Varner
Fulbright U.S. Student in Interpretation/Translation
Dominican Republic, 2015-2016
Rochester Institute of Technology
Jonathan Freeman
Fulbright U.S. Student in History
South Africa, 2016-2017
Lane College
University of California, Los Angeles
Purdue University
Diana Heise
Fulbright U.S. Student in Performance Art
Mauritius, 2011-2012
Vassar College
School of Visual Arts
M Jackson
Fulbright U.S. Student in Geography
Iceland, 2015-2016, 2018-2019
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Turkey, 2011-2012
Pierce College, Western Washington University
University of Montana, University of Oregon
Emmanuel Johnson
Fulbright U.S. Student in Computer Sciences United Kingdom, 2013-2014 North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State UniversityUniversity of Southern California
Arienne Jones
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Spain, 2012-2013
Spelman College
Tulane University Law School
Cameron Kruse
Fulbright U.S. Student in Biology
India, 2012-2013
Pepperdine University
Kathya Maria Landeros
Fulbright U.S. Student in Photography
Mexico, 2007-2008
Vassar College
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Kristine Lin
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
South Korea, 2013-2014
Arizona State University
St. John’s University
Shondrea McCargo
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Malaysia, 2015-2016
Morgan State University
University of Pennsylvania
Davíd Morales
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Ecuador, 2013-2014 UC San DiegoStanford University
Cristobal Ramón
Fulbright U.S. Student in Law
Spain, 2008-2009
Macalester College
The George Washington University
Vince Redhouse
Fulbright U.S. Student in Philosophy
Australia, 2015-2016
University of Arizona
Sarah Staton
Fulbright U.S. Student in Chemistry
Ecuador, 2011-2012
William Jewell College
Arizona State University
Gwyneth Talley
Fulbright U.S. Student in Anthropology
Morocco, 2015-2016
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of California, Los Angeles