Habib Debaya, Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study student
From Tunisia; Hosted in Nebraska

An exchange student has many new experiences during an academic year in America: new foods, new places, new schools, and new families.

Angela Gjekanovikj isn’t an ambassador yet, but she’s been practicing for years.

When Jelena Jevtic first heard about the U.N. Youth Assembly, she wasn't sure if she should apply.

Mirgentian, a YES Alumni from Albania, sits down with a fellow alum to discuss his civil society work since his exchange year in Wisconsin.

230 high school YES exchange students marked a successful program year during a Capitol Hill celebration with former US Senator Richard Lugar and Mark Taplin, ECA.

Living for a year in the United States often provides opportunities for exchange students that would have been unthinkable in their home countries. For Youth Exchange and Study (YES) student, Nehemiah, from Nigeria, spending an exchange year in Arvada, Colorado meant feeling accommodated in a way he had never experienced in his home country.

In Southeast Europe, YES and YES Abroad students initiated service-oriented projects that underscored the collective power of youth to improve their communities.

Rin from Kosovo, who teaches English to students with disabilities, serves as a role model for fellow YES alumni and her community members.

YES alumna Merima witnessed a bullying incident at her high school in Bosnia and Herzegovina; she was determined to make sure that it never happened again.