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YES Student’s Experience Exploring the U.S.

Isheka Argawal, a YES Student hosted in Virginia, wrote about her lifelong dream to visit the U.S. and discussed her experience visiting Capitol Hill. See Argawal’s photos and read her account on the YES’s Stories page.

CBYX Student Gains Cultural Understanding and Friendships

A Pennsylvania newspaper wrote about a local high school student who spent his senior year in Germany through the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) scholarship. Ty Bedillon, now a graduate of McGuffey High School, talked about his host family and his experience adjusting to a new culture despite language barriers. Read about Bedillon’s experience, and see an example of a hosting ask embedded in a news article (bottom) on the Observer-Reporter.

AFS/NSLI-Y Student From New Jersey to Study Abroad in China

Vito Acosta received a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship to study abroad in China this academic year. Read about Acosta and the NSLI-Y scholarship program on SNJ Today.

AFS Student Discusses Study Abroad Experience in Egypt

An AFS-USA student was interviewed in a local California paper about his experience studying abroad in Egypt this past academic year. Devin McClanahan talked about his daily life in Egypt as the only American student in his neighborhood and school, and described what it was like to live with an Egyptian host family. Read about McClanahan’s experience on the Ukiah Daily Journal.