2015 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 15 Fulbright U.S. Student Program alumni each year to serve as representatives, recruiters and spokespersons 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 mentor 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.

Derrell Acon
Fulbright U.S. Student in Voice
Italy, 2013-2014

Christina Aguila
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Indonesia, 2013-2014

Joanie Andruss
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Montenegro, 2013-2014

Julie Baer
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Malaysia, 2011-2012

Taylor Bernard
Fulbright U.S. Student in International Relations
Costa Rica, 2012-2013

Tiffany Burd
Fulbright U.S. Student in Public Health
South Africa, 2013-2014

Amaka Cypriana Uzoh
Fulbright U.S. Student in Public Health
Brazil, 2012-2013

Megan Echols
Fulbright U.S. Student in Urban Development & Planning
Colombia, 2013-2014

Bryan Furman
Fulbright U.S. Student in International Relations Tajikistan, 2013-2014

Radhameris Gomez Gabriel
Fulbright U.S. Student in Engineering
Spain, 2013-2014

Stephanie Herzog
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Romania, 2012-2013

Senay Kahsay
Fulbright U.S. Student in Business
Ethiopia, 2013-2014

Patrick Kramer
Fulbright U.S. Student in Chemistry
Singapore, 2013-2014

Kristine Lin
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
South Korea, 2013-2014

Joshua Martin
Fulbright Public Policy Fellow Cote d’Ivoire, 2012-2013

Larena Nellies-Ortiz
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Germany, 2013-2014

Ilana Robbins Gross
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Brazil, 2012-2013

Armaan Siddiqi
Fulbright U.S. Student in Anthropology
Morocco, 2011-2012

Allie D. Surina
Fulbright U.S. Student in Education
China, 2012-2013

Nathaniel Taylor
Fulbright U.S. Student in Engineering
South Korea, 2013-2014