Montano’s Fulbright research on single mothers in the Philippines set her on a path of choosing film and television projects that amplify diverse voices.
Sumalee Montano
Country: East Asia and the Pacific
Pamela Scheffler
Fulbright experiences in India and Indonesia help Hawaii Community College professor to internationalize her teaching and campus
Alyssa Erin Kardos Loera
Engagement with Cambodian youth inspires this social entrepreneur to transform textile waste into sustainable fashion.
Jonathan GS Koppell
President Jonthan Koppell of Montclair State University views the Fulbright Program as supporting more students with access to international experience.
Megha Rajagopalan
Megha Rajagopalan harnessed geospatial technology and old-fashioned reporting to expose the scale of the internment of Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang Province. For this piece of groundbreaking journalism Rajagopalan was awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting.
Victor Anthony Lopez-Carmen
Victor Lopez-Carmen’s decision to become a doctor is rooted in his desire to challenge that invisibility and ensure that Indigenous Americans have equal access to health care. Lopez-Carmen is a member of both the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and the Pascua Yaqui Nation.
Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering
Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, a retired U.S. diplomat whose career has spanned four decades, has advanced diplomacy and mutual understanding around the world. He holds the title of Career Ambassador, the highest title in the U.S. Foreign Service; speaks five languages and holds the 2002 Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award from the American Foreign Service Association.
John Hope Franklin
An influential and prolific scholar of African American history, Dr. John Hope Franklin expanded the American consciousness, blazed a trail for scholars of color, and championed international education. His participation in and support of the Fulbright Program as a U.S. Scholar and Chairman of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board benefitted local and global communities, one connection at a time.