Meet Our Students

Lydia is an only child, but she has always wanted to have siblings. Her parents work hard during the week, so on the weekends they like to spend a lot of time together. Usually they get together with her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Cousins are Lydia's favorite people! It is the closest thing she has to siblings and she really appreciates all the time she gets to spend with them. Lydia's favorite season is summer because they all go to the beach, have barbecues, and go to amusement parks together. Lydia also has a large group of friends in school and in her community. When she is not with friends or family, she enjoys her time alone reading, listening to music, and watching movies and television shows. She has recently started running, too. Lydia has big dreams of becoming a doctor and traveling the world. She has recently started volunteer work in a senior center. Lydia is so thankful to learn and grow and become a better version of herself during her exchange year.

I am so excited for the challenge of being an exchange student. I live with my mom, dad, and brother. I am from the industrial side of Ukraine. I am very creative and like to draw, knit, sew and scrapbook. I also write poems. I enjoy making films too. I am so excited to be part of your family and learn about you and your country.

My name is Eugina and I was born into a family of Artist. my mom is a historian and my dad is an artist. Although my brother is studying sciences and my sisters did 2 years of law school. I did flamenco dancing and ballet when I was younger.. but now a days I swim (breaststroke). I like playing the ukele but I will start violin lessons again. I want to learn all about the US and improve my English. I also want to teach you about my country and show you some of my Spanish and Ukraine cooking.

Meet Nia from Georgia! She is 17 years old and one of our honorable FLEX Scholarship Students. She has one older and one younger sister. Nia enjoys playing the ukulele and singing, along with volunteering with the Red Cross at nearby orphanages in her country. She often looks after her little sister and helps mom with household chores. Nia is very excited about her year as an exchange student bringing two cultures together and learning of the American Culture and tradition, along with sharing her culture and tradition. She has studied the English language for ten years and German for three. She is most thankful to the host family that chooses to host her. She is very thankful you will open your family and heart up to her. She looks forward to being your daughter from Georgia.

I am a Spanish girl who lives in the northern costal area with my parents, my sister and our two cats and a dog. During the week, I don ́t have time for anything really, I practice Acrobatic gymnastics twice a week and I also go to English and German lessons twice a week each one. I really enjoy is Acrobatic gymnastics competitions because I go to different cities to compete and there I meet lots of different people and make new friends. Also I enjoy preparing the choreography with my team members and the moments before our performance when we are all united to do our best. Right now I am learning English and German because someday I would like to study and work abroad. I have always been a very good student. I'm always concerned about my grades and classes because it guarantees my future and this opportunity that I have been given will improve my English and help me enter a great university. I am very thankful to you and I am very grateful to you for choosing me to become apart of your family.

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In my family, I have 4 cousins with whom I am very close. We always have a good time with each other and spend holidays together. I have a great sense of humor and enjoy getting together with my friends. When we get together we play video games, table games, and make up creative games to play together such as our role playing game. My parents and I are very close and we have gone twice on a long, 300 km, trek that took 14 days. I am athletic but not competitive. I like to watch Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. My favorite subjects in school are history and languages, English the most!

"Salem" from Kazakhstan! Almira loves her city by the riverside in Kazakhstan. She enjoys going with her family to walk among the trees and the water and watch all of the activity. In Kazakhstan, her family members are her teachers and her grandfather is the oldest and wisest of them all. One thing she loves and appreciates about each person in her family is their sense of humor. They all love to have fun and spend time together. In her free time, Almira loves to read fantasy books and stories of real people who have been successful. She also likes to listen to all kinds of music and dance. Almira has a fascination with languages and cultures. She has dreams to study and learn about all parts of the world. Almira knows that she is about to meet an amazing host family and friends. She is so grateful for this opportunity!

I am a Spanish boy and I live with my parents and sister. My sister and I get along very well. She is funny and we laugh together. All of my family live in the same town together so I get to spend a lot of time with them. My cousins and I go to the same school so we see each other every day and I usually visit my great-grandmother on the way to my grandma ́s, where I eat every afternoon after school. I ́m very responsible, disciplined and organised. First, I do my obligations and then I spend the free time in my hobbies. I would like to study Medicine at the University and I want to search for cures for cancer too, because a friend died due to it. With my friends I like to play soccer, go to the swimming pool, to the cinema or eat a burger. I adapt to different situations and I have no problem meeting new people. I would like to study in your country because I consider it will be an incredible and a once in a life time experience.