Alicia is a senior majoring in Global Studies, Spanish, and French. She studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain in the Spring of 2018 and in Arles, France in the summer of 2019. She also spent the Spring 2019 semester interning in Washington, D.C. with the Illinois in Washington program. Alicia joined IAGE in August 2019. Her favorite part about working at the Advising and Resource Center is connecting with people from different backgrounds, learning about other students' study abroad experiences, and guiding students in expanding their world views!

Carmen is a junior majoring in History and minoring in Secondary Education. She studied abroad in Pavia, located in northern Lombardy region of Italy during her Spring semester of sophomore year. She began working as a Program Assistant for IAGE in August 2019. One of the many reasons why Carmen enjoys working in the Advising and Resource Center so much is because she is given the opportunity to help students learn some of the many ways they can overcome the obstacles they are confronted with abroad. In doing so she feels that they feel more motivated to partake in their own international experience!

Cynthia is a first-generation junior double majoring in Global Studies and Portuguese with a minor in Spanish. She studied abroad at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil during her Spring 18 semester. She began working for IAGE in August 2018. Her favorite part about working with the global engagement team is that she gets to reach out to underrepresented students and get them excited about going abroad and experiencing an experience of a lifetime!

Gabriel is a Program Assistant for Student Initiatives, which is part of the Global Engagement Team. He is passionate about ensuring students in underrepresented groups, specifically queer students and students of color, have the resources and support to feel confident about studying abroad. Gabe is a senior in Acting, Spanish, and working toward his certification in translation studies. He studied abroad in Summer 2018 in Granada, Spain and has studied previously in London, England and Viña del Mar, Chile. You may have seen Gabe on stage last year with Illinois Theatre as Marat in Marat/Sade and Peg in Hit the Wall.

Indira is a senior studying advertising. She joined the IAGE team as the Advertising Program Assistant in Fall 2019. She has spent her whole life traveling to Spain and India to visit family and hopes to study abroad short-term in Argentina in Spring 2020. Her favorite part about doing media and marketing for IAGE is getting to hear diverse stories about student experiences and finding creative ways to share them on social media.

Katherine is a Junior studying Political Science with minors in Public Relations and Journalism. She began working at IAGE in Fall of 2019 after spending the months prior studying abroad in both Switzerland and London, where she held a summer internship working for a Member of Parliament in the UK. She also participated in a Spring break service trip to Puerto Rico in 2018 after Hurricane Maria. Her favorite part about working for IAGE is getting to interact with prospective students and helping them get excited about different study abroad opportunities!

Matt joined IAGE in August 2019. He is a senior majoring in Political Science, French, and Spanish. He studied abroad in France in spring 2018, Azerbaijan in summer 2018, and Costa Rica in spring 2019. His favorite part of working as a Program Assistant is sharing his passion for international experiences and helping students find the best program to fit their specific goals.

Nicole joined IAGE in August 2018. She is currently a first-year graduate student in Business Administration, with a background in language and education. She studied for a semester in Granada, Spain during Spring 2018, completed a winter short-term program in Peru in January 2019, and held a fellowship during summer 2019 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. As a senior program assistant, she embraces the challenges of enhancing students’ study abroad experiences from start to finish, and looks forward to becoming more deeply involved in Illinois Abroad programming.

Priya is a senior majoring in Global Studies and minoring in Asian American Studies and International Development Economics. She studied abroad in Khon Kaen, located in the northeast region of Thailand, during her spring semester of junior year. She started working at IAGE in August 2019. One of her favorite things about working as a Program Assistant at IAGE is getting to meet students of various backgrounds, learning about why they want to study abroad, and then being able to help them get started on an incredible global experience!

Yichen is a junior international student in Mathematics and Economics. He studied abroad at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan during the Spring semester of his sophomore year and started working at IAGE in August 2019. The thing he likes the most about working in Advising and Resources Center is that he gets to meet students with different interests and explore their study abroad options with them.