Priya Thomas is a senior at Scripps College in Claremont, California. She is majoring in English with a Creative Writing emphasis. She loves running, hiking, and all things outdoors.
Zach Dankert is a senior at Hope College studying Biology and Creative Writing. I chose the Dublin Writers Program because I’ve loved the music, mythology, and stories of Ireland all my life, and wanted to study abroad in the place that brought the writer in me to life.
Ally Cottrell is a senior English and Mathematics major at Grinnell College who enjoys looking at photos of the scones she ate in Dublin, slipping math into stories, and saying hello to passing dogs.
Dr. Hugo Valdebenito earned his Ph.D. in Botany from The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio, USA) in 1990. He subsequently served as Head of Botany at the Charles Darwin Research Station, Galápagos Islands and since 1994 has been Professor in the College of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
His interests include teaching and research in botany, ecology and wildlife conservation on the Flora of the Galápagos Islands and mainland Ecuador. He has authored more than 30 scientific papers and participated in several national and international meetings. Hugo has been associated with IES Abroad Quito & Galápagos Island Center since 2007 teaching courses concerning the Environmental Diversity of Ecuador.
Global Leadership SerIES: Dr. Hugo Valdebenito Alumni Virtual SerIES: Earth Day 2021