2023 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.
If you are interested in inviting an Alumni Ambassador to attend an in-person or virtual event to share about their Fulbright experience, please contact us at fbstudent.ambassadors@iie.org

Yewande O. Addie
Fulbright U.S. Student in Journalism
Nigeria, 2021-2022
U.S. Institution(s): The University of Florida, Florida A&M University, Clayton State University

Emma Alquist
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Malta, 2019-2020
U.S. Institution(s): West Virginia University

Eloise Arnott
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Czech Republic, 2020-2021
U.S. Institution(s): Mount Holyoke College, Cornell University

Janika Berridge
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Indonesia, 2019-2020
U.S. Institution(s): The College of New Jersey

Esteem Brumfield
Fulbright U.S. Student in Education
South Africa, 2019-2020
U.S. Institution(s): Berkeley City College, University of California, Berkeley, Brown University

Odalis Castro Landeros
Fulbright U.S. Student in Biology
Poland, 2021-2022
U.S. Institution(s): University of Colorado Denver

Mando Eijansantos
Fulbright U.S. Student in Biology
Japan, 2021-2022
U.S. Institution(s): University of California, Irvine, University of Jamestown, University of North Dakota, Brookhaven University, Las Positas College, Chabot College

Irán Hernandez
Fulbright U.S. Student in Automotive Engineering
United Kingdom, 2021-2022
U.S. Institution(s): Mercer University, Duke University

Julius Mansa
Fulbright U.S. Student in Business Management
Bahrain, 2021-2022
U.S. Institution(s): Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana University Bloomington, Colorado State University, Touro College

Joanna Martinez
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Mexico, 2021-2022
U.S. Institution(s): North Carolina A&T State University

Andrea Ori
Fulbright U.S. Student in Microbiology
France, 2019-2020
>U.S. Institution(s): University of Cincinnati, Johns Hopkins University

Katherine Perez
Fulbright U.S. Student in Environmental Studies
Czech Republic, 2021-2022
U.S. Institution(s): University of New Hampshire, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus (San Juan), Virginia Tech

James Ricks
Fulbright U.S. Student in Photography
Nepal, 2021-2022
U.S. Institution(s): Washington and Lee University

Chanterries Roberts
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Montenegro, 2019-2020
U.S. Institution(s): Spelman College, Northcentral University

David Robledo
Fulbright U.S. Student in Communications
Costa Rica, 2020-2021
U.S. Institution(s): Texas Tech University, Texas State University

Kelsey Schober
Fulbright U.S. Student in Political Science
Canada, 2019-2020
U.S. Institution(s): Bates College

Malik Seals
Fulbright U.S. Student in Biology
Germany, 2020-2021
U.S. Institution(s): The University of Alabama at Birmingham, The University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Emory University

Melissa Silva
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Kyrgyz Republic, 2019-2020
U.S. Institution(s): University of North Georgia

Omar Taweh
Fulbright U.S. Student in Public Health
Jordan, 2019-2020
U.S. Institution(s): University of Connecticut, UMass Chan Medical School

David Vizgan
Fulbright U.S. Student in Astronomy
Denmark, 2021-2022
U.S. Institution(s): Wesleyan University
University of Illinois