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Dr. Tamarie Rocke: ReFillery Co and NewBo City Market
Dr. Tamarie Rocke is from Belize City, a small, English-speaking country in Central America nestled on the Caribbean coast just south of...
May 19


Adnan Azazmeh: Bringing Water Management Practices Back to Palestine
Adnan Azazmeh is an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alum from the West Bank who traveled to eastern Iowa for a program...
Mar 26


Shafira Rizki Aulia: A YSEALI PFP Recap
In 2024, Shafira Rizki Aulia of Indonesia was in eastern Iowa as part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Professional...
Mar 3


YSEALI PFP: A Partnership Between eastern Iowa and the Philippines
Earlier this year, Apols Garmay of the Philippines was in Iowa City as a Fellow for the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative...
Nov 22, 2024


Taghreed Al-Alawi: Bringing Community Service Back to Bahrain
Taghreed Al-Alawi is an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alum from the Kingdom of Bahrain who traveled to eastern Iowa for...
Apr 16, 2024


Gonzalo Diaz: Bringing Iowa City to Argentina’s Classrooms
Gonzalo Diaz is an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alum from Argentina who traveled to eastern Iowa for a program...
Feb 6, 2024


Patience Ziramba’s Mandela Washington Fellowship: Using Newfound Business Skills for Success
Patience Ziramba from Zimbabwe came to eastern Iowa in summer 2022 as a Mandela Washington Fellow. She is an accomplished writer and...
Jun 10, 2023


The Impact of Dennis Jarpah's Mandela Washington Fellowship: Improving Healthcare in Liberia
Dennis Jarpah of Liberia came to Iowa as a Mandela Washington Fellow in the summer of 2022. As a proprietor of Den-Vera Medical...
May 4, 2023


The Blue Butterfly In The Hands Of EFL Educators: Dua Jabr Dajani's Reflection of Iowa
Dua Jabr Dajani of Palestinian Territories was one of the English language teachers we hosted last August for an International Visitor...
Mar 2, 2023


Nuravni Sallons and Life After IVLP Exchange
Nuravni Sallons is an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alum from Suriname who traveled to eastern Iowa for her program...
Jan 19, 2023


International Exchange has a Lasting Impact: Milan Radovic's visit to Iowa
International exchange has a lasting impact on all parties involved. Lifetime Member Denise Tiffany recently shared with us an account...
Dec 15, 2022
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