Dr. Ana Gil Garcia is a Venezuelan-American scholar, a published author, and a 5-time Fulbright Scholar to Armenia, Georgia, Liberia, Venezuela, and Middle Eastern countries.

Dr. Gil Garcia has held numerous educational leadership roles, most recently serving as the Director of Academic Effectiveness at St. Augustine College. She is the co-author of a two-time bestseller, “Unstoppable Women” and “The Miracle Woman,” an anthology on her life. She has also been a visiting professor at universities in the United States and seven other countries. With her Doctorate in higher education from Western Michigan University, she is an exceptional academic leader, and her expertise is widely respected.⁠

In the first episode of Season 2, Host Sofia Gonzalez, Fulbright Alum and Fulbright Latinx board member interviews her friend and fellow world traveler Alex Pajares from New York.. They experienced Teachers for Global Classrooms India in 2023 in the same cohort. As fellow teachers and world travelers, Sofia and Alex unravel their lived experiences in and out of the classroom, while stressing the importance of more Latinx educators and leaders to apply for the Fulbright grant experience..

"Choosing the Exchange Program That’s Right for Me" was our first in-person panel of our Alumni Panel Series that was hosted at @miamidadecollege. Our panelists discussed some of the international exchange opportunities available and how they identified the program that was right for them. We hope this discussion helps you identify the various international programs that might be right for you.