Historias de impacto

Ubah Ali is a social activist and educator from Somaliland, who campaigns against female genital mutilation. In 2020, she was listed by the BBC as one of the world’s most influential 100 Women. Featured in BBC’s 2020 World’s Most Influential Women Founder of Rajo: Hope for Somaliland Community  Co-founder of Solace For Somaliland Girls Foundation …

Petra Bakosova ‘05 lives in Chicago, where she works as Chief Executive Officer at Hull Tactical, leading a finance team and wearing multiple hats as a Financial Engineer / Portfolio Manager / Chief Executive Officer. She is ​​passionate about financial econometrics, statistical modeling and machine learning. Petra is a triathlete in her free time and…

Director, Friedrich Ebert Foundation Refugee Counselling Program of the German Red Cross Head of UN New York Liaison Office UN Director of the International Dialogue Division

Adam is a dedicated student leader experienced in project planning, classroom management, and mentoring international students. He aims to apply leadership and management skills for collaborative team environments. He is an ancient philosophy reader, music enthusiast (Foo Fighters, Dream Theater).

“I am working in a CyberSecurity position for both IT and OT, to gain further experience in the professional field and to prepare myself for what lies ahead after my degree.” Paula was an ASSIST Scholar at Albuquerque Academy in Albuquerque, NM in 2015/2016. She studied in Montreal, Canada on an exchange year in 2021/2022…

2022 Rhodes Scholar B.S., NYU Abu Dhabi  M.S., University of Oxford  Young Energy Ambassador for the European Union

Awarded 2018 Harvard Prize Book Award by Harvard Bulgaria B.B.A., American University, Bulgaria  Founder of Grow My Mail

ASSIST es una oportunidad que cambia la vida, de verdad. Mi año en ASSIST me permitió explorar el mundo, pero encontrar lo que más aprecio en casa. Es una experiencia poderosa para una persona joven que deseo para tantos estudiantes como sea posible.

Thanks to ASSIST I had the opportunity to study 11th grade at Saint Andrew’s Preparatory School, in Boca Raton (FL). After a wonderful academic year in the U.S., I returned to Madrid (Spain) to finish High School and soon after started my degree in industrial engineering. Some years later, I went back to the U.S.…

Mi experiencia con ASSIST me enseñó a decir sí a las oportunidades que surgen, ya que pueden acabar cambiándome la vida y abriéndome los ojos, como lo fue para mí el año ASSIST.