Global Citizen of the Year Awardees
Yazmin Baptiste
IES Abroad Rabat & IES Abroad Rome • Lafayette College
Yazmin's passion to support immigrants and refugees led her to volunteer in Rabat and Rome, research for-profit companies benefiting from immigration in Italy, and conduct field research in New York and Texas about U.S. immigration issues.
2019 Finalists
Sam Hochberger
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2019 Finalist
Sara Jacques
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2019 Finalist
Pheonix Pittman
Global Citizen of the Year Awards • 2019 Finalist
“Volunteering is complicated. It can be good one day. It could be bad the next. It could be iffy in the middle. Having a strong sense of accountability for what you do in the world is important ... have patience with others and yourself to think through the ways that we can improve our future.”Yazmin Baptiste • 2019 Global Citizen of the Year Award Winner
Breana Ross
IES Abroad Cape Town Customized Program • University of Miami
Breana took her passion for service from Florida to South Africa and back again. While studying abroad in Cape Town, Breana worked with SHAWCO Education to assist in the classroom with underprivileged students. What she learned there continues to influence her creative writing program with youth in Miami.
2018 Finalists
Idil Tanrisever
Global Citizen of the Year • 2018 Finalist
Jeremy Marks
Global Citizen of the Year • 2018 Finalist
Phoebe Forlenza
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2018 Finalist
“I learned that, while places and people around the world share differences, we share more similarities than we think we do.”Breana Ross • 2018 Global Citizen of the Year Award Winner
Yesenia Ayala
IES Abroad Santiago • Grinnell College
As a first-generation college student, Yesenia Ayala understands the barriers that many low-income students face when pursuing higher education.
2017 Finalists
Kathleen Blehl
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2017 Finalist
Dayna Mathew
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2017 Finalist
Marie Salem
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2017 Finalist
Lucy Sternbach
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2017 Finalist
Will Turett
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2017 Finalist
“I strongly believe that working with communities creates a bigger impact than working for them.”Yesenia Ayala • 2017 Global Citizen of the Year Award Winner
Sydni Williams
IES Abroad Madrid • University of Michigan
From Detroit to Madrid, Sydni followed her commitment to improve youth education around the world. Discover how her internship with the Social Services Center of Los Yébenes in Spain reinvigorated her passion – one which inspired us a student-focused, mission-driven, organization.
2016 Finalists & Honorable Mentions
Hannah Dallman
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2016 Finalist
John Luke Hawkins
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2016 Finalist
Reed Foster
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2016 Finalist
Ileana Exaras
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2016 Honorable Mention
Alice Woods
Global Citizen of the Year Award • 2016 Honorable Mention
“I plan to continue to advocate for our youth around the world and teach them that with determination, effort, and compassion they can be anything despite all doubt that they have experienced in the past.”Sydni Williams • 2016 Global Citizen of the Year
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