Bridget O’Connor is an alumna of the 2019 CLS Japanese program in Okayama, Japan. She’s a current undergraduate student at Loyola Marymount University majoring in computer science and animation and minoring in Asian and Pacific studies. After graduating in 2021, Bridget plans to attend graduate sch…
Anabel Reyes-Ovalles is an alumna of the 2019 CLS Portuguese program in Florianópolis, Brazil. She recently completed a Master of Science in Terrorism and Homeland Security at American University’s School of Public Affairs, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Latin American and Ca…
Alyssa Harvie is an alumna of the 2019 CLS Swahili program in Arusha, Tanzania. She’s a recent graduate of American University, where she attained a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and now works at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, pursuing a career in African affairs and human rights…
Aisac Accad is an alumna of the 2019 CLS Indonesian program in Malang, Indonesia. She’s currently a senior at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she’s majoring in Government and Politics with a concentration in International Relations and is dual-enrolled as a graduate student, working…
University of Iowa student Holly Harris of Waterloo, Iowa, has been awarded a 2020 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) and will travel to Florianópolis, Brazil, this summer for an intensive language and cultural immersion program.