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Jasmine Kinkead

Jasmine Kinkead is an alumna of the 2018 CLS Bangla program in Kolkata, India. Now a junior, Jasmine transferred from Treasure Valley Community College to the University of Idaho, where she studies International Relations with a focus on African and Asian Studies. She hopes to work with an NGO, usi…

Alumni Profile — May 06, 2019


Katherine Schmidt

Katherine Schmidt is an alumna of the 2018 CLS Azerbaijani program in Baku, Azerbaijan. She’s currently an independent researcher based in Baku, where she uses her language skills to communicate with friends, colleagues, and in day-to-day conversations on the street. She enjoys martial arts, rock c…

Alumni Profile — May 06, 2019


Heba Haleem

Heba Haleem is an alumna of the 2018 CLS Arabic program in Meknes, Morocco. She has a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Brown University and is currently an M.D. candidate at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School, where she’s spearheading an Introduction to Medical Arabic pre-clinical cours…

Alumni Profile — May 06, 2019


Aasha Shaik

Aasha Shaik is an alumna of the 2018 CLS Arabic program in Amman, Jordan. She is currently a junior at Rutgers University in the Honors College and women’s Douglass Residential College, and is majoring in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies. She’s been spending the 2018-19 academic year st…

Alumni Profile — May 06, 2019


Tyler Young

Tyler Young is an alumnus of the 2018 CLS Russian program in Tbilisi, Georgia. He’s currently a student at Santa Monica College, preparing to transfer to a four-year institution to complete his bachelor’s degree. The Road to CLS I grew up in Washington State and moved to California to pursue highe…

Alumni Profile — May 01, 2019


Taina Orellana

Taina Orellana is an alumna of the 2018 CLS Chinese program in Tainan, Taiwan. She graduated in 2018 from Union College with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and currently works as a Sales Development Representative at SaleCycle. Taina hopes to use her Mandarin skills professionally and to one day …

Alumni Profile — May 01, 2019


Emily Wood

Emily Wood is an alumna of the 2018 CLS Indonesian program in Malang, Indonesia. She is graduating from the University of Wyoming in May 2019, where she is double-majoring in International Studies and German. Starting in August, Emily will be serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mozambique, teachi…

Alumni Profile — April 30, 2019


Bethany Mazurek

Bethany Mazurek is an alumna of the 2018 CLS Korean program in Busan, South Korea. She is currently studying at Grand Valley State University, majoring in Anthropology and Chinese Studies. Bethany is a recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant award to teach English in Korea starting fall…

Alumni Profile — April 30, 2019