Keshia Abraham, an author, consultant, international educator, and scholar of the African Diaspora, is a two-time Fulbrighter with experience in more than 50 countries. Her work is guided by a commitment to comprehensive internationalization and global learning, especially at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Kendra L. Mitchell, Ph.D. is a professor and writing center leader who serves as a Fulbright Program Adviser at Florida A&M University (FAMU), the historically Black university (HBCU) where she earned her bachelor’s degree. Her experience as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant during a time of student protest in South Africa has been invaluable in helping her students to see other perspectives.

After graduating from Virginia State University, a historically black university, engineering student Hunter Mack spent a year as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in a school in the Southern Bohemian region of the Czech Republic. He discusses the powerful connections he was able to make with students and their community by through shared family experiences and mutual interests.

Taniqua Huguley earned her Master’s degree in public policy and conducted Fulbright research in Trinidad and Tobago on the incarceration of young women. Recently, Huguley was named as one of Hartford Business Journal’s Top 25 Women in Business. She is the founder of Black Girls Achieve, an empowerment program for Black girls around the world.

Since leaving her hometown of San Diego, California, Emi Koch’s passion for the oceans and the people whose well-being depends on them have taken her around the world. A Fulbright-National Geographic Award to Vietnam in 2019 marked a turning-point in her career path from professional surfer to sustainable oceans advocate.

Carina Ho is an acclaimed Oakland-based indie electronic artist and music producer, a talented professional dancer, and an inspiring children’s book author. She is also a wheelchair-user and a powerful disability rights advocate, who works at Airbnb to promote greater accessibility and inclusion within travel. Carina was paralyzed below the chest following a car accident in 2014.