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Washington, DC, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Azerbaijan

The Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund (CDAF) provides grants of up to $10,000 to teams of two or more U.S. government-sponsored exchange alumni to carry out public service projects that advance U.S. policy goals. My project, Qusar Youth Leadership Camp, was an eight-day summer English immersion day camp for 9 to 15-year-olds in the village of Imamgulukend.

Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia

• Created and lead over 720 hours of English language lessons and activities to classes of 5-15 university students
• Represented my host university, the Fulbright program, and the US in 6 regional higher education conferences and local partnerships

Mexico City, Mexico

• Launched new office in Mexico matching US performance and customer satisfaction and saving $660,000 annually
• Designed onboarding program for 25 Mexico employees reducing training time by 25% and increasing productivity by 38%
• Conducted 17 Spanish language interviews for multilingual Product Specialist position

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Baku, Baku Ekonomic Zone, Azerbaijan

• Improved proficiency in Turkish language from Novice-Mid to Advanced-Mid on the ACTFL scale
• Represented the United States as a student-diplomat fostering positive academic and cultural exchange in Azerbaijan

Bachelor'S Of Arts, Ba - Triple Major: Political Science, French, And Spanish, 3.95/4.00

• Magna Cum Laude • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) • Triple Major | B.A. Political Science | B.A. French | B.A. Spanish •.

Kathryn Wasserman Davis School Of Russian Intensive Summer Program, Russian Immersion Program

• improved proficiency in Russian from Intermediate Mid to Advanced Low on the ACTFL scale • engaged with Russian culture through.

African Flagship Languages Initiative: French And Wolof, Intensive French And Wolof Language And Senegalese Culture

• Won the nationally-competitive, National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Scholarship with an acceptance rate of under 20% •.

Illinois In Costa Rica Program, Spanish Language And Latin American Cultural Studies

• Greatly improved my Spanish language proficiency and knowledge of Latin American culture through small, interactive courses with highly.

Critical Language Scholarship: Turkish, Intensive Turkish Language

• Won the nationally-competitive, US Department of State Critical Language Scholarship with an acceptance rate of less than 10% • Improved.

Illinois In Paris Program, French Language And Literature

• Immersed myself in French language and culture by living with a French family (homestay) and exploring French history, politics, art.