2023-11-14 03:52

Congratulations to all the students who were selected for Youth Ambassador exchanges in 2024! Students go through a rigorous application and interview process before being selected for travel to one of our sister cities. After selection, students attend cultural orientations to prepare for travel abroad and to get to know the culture of their destination.

A special congratulation to Yaretzi Navarro who received the Yamagata Emerging Leader Scholarship for her excellence in community service and leadership. Yaretzi will be using the scholarship to travel to Reggio Emilia, Italy in the spring.

Bandung, Indonesia

• Jackson Beck, R.L. Paschal High School
• Aurora Berberena, Central High School
• Emma Chorn, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Aspen Guerin, Southwest High School
• Antti Havia, Home School
• Angela Hernandez, Amon Carter-Riverside High School
• Camila Howard, Arlington High School
• Celeste Jenkins-O’Reilly, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
• Gideon Meade, I.M. Terrell Academy
• Eve Meade, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Denise Smith, Young Women’s Leadership Academy

Delegation Leaders

• Imelda Dunlap, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Courtney Upp, Stuard Elementary

Budapest, Hungary

• Abigail Cawyer, Nolan Catholic High School
• Kai Jade Cook, I.M. Terrell Academy
• Eva Elmore, Arlington Heights High School
• Adriana Frederickson Seco, World Languages Institute
• Kelsie Kopf, Nolan Catholic High School
• Walker Maxwell, R.L. Paschal High School
• Amanda Quintana, Northside High School
• Ava Stubblefield, I.M. Terrell Academy
• Antti Havia, Home School
• Zoe Schwarz, All Saints Episcopal School

Delegation Leaders

• Alexis Gross, World Languages Institute
• Greg Gross, All Saints Episcopal School

Nagaoka, Japan

• Athena Acuna, Trimble Tech High School
• Ramon Barajas, Amon Carter-Riverside High School
• Sloane Criado, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Aiden Dalip, Birdville High School
• Miranda Downs, Carroll High School
• Abigail Dzurik, Fort Worth Academy
• Grace Hackworth, Trinity Valley School
• Morgan Norman-Scott, World Languages Institute
• Sofia Rubio, World Languages Institute
• Keiko Sanchez, Arlington Heights High School
• Luke Waddell, All Saints Episcopal School
• Sloane Wessinger, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Zoe Williams, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Emma Woodley, Lamar High School
• Daniel A. Barreto Zerpa, World Languages Institute

Delegation Leaders

• Brandy Sapp, IDEA Public Schools
• Hao Tran, Trimble Tech High School

Nagaoka, Japan – Harashin

• Lauren Fulmer, Coram Deo Academy
• Aiden Gutierrez, All Saints Episcopal School
• Celeste Jenkins-O’Reilly, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
• Isabella Rodriguez, All Saints Episcopal School
• Michael Rodriguez, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
• GiGi Schueneman, Fort Worth Country Day
• Myiesha Sharma, Flower Mound High School
• Valeria Venegas, R.L. Paschal High School
• Alternate: Kaylee Crain, Trinity Valley School
• Alternate: Micah Przymus, World Languages Institute

Delegation Leaders

• James Gleaton, Tarrant County College
• Julia King, Deloitte

Nimes, France

• Kaylee Crain, Trinity Valley School
• Emanuel Dawkins, Amon Carter-Riverside High School
• Amelia Guzman, Burleson Centennial High School
• Miranda Hernandez, Amon Carter-Riverside High School
• Sean Hong, Fort Worth Country Day
• Riley Ledesma, I.M. Terrell Academy
• Emily Mendoza, World Languages Institute
• Joshua Mora, World Languages Institute
• Jonathan Pulido, World Languages Institute
• Samantha Quintana, Northside High School
• Kyle Smith, Amon Carter-Riverside High School
• Avery Stubblefield, I.M. Terrell Academy
• Victoria Crews, Aledo High School

Delegation Leaders

• Patricia Anderson, Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School
• Chelsy Beninate, Fort Worth Country Day

Reggio Emilia, Italy

• Maria Castruita, Northside High School
• Sophia Cruz, Mansfield Legacy High School
• Dylan Dews, R.L. Paschal High School
• Sam Dodson, Fort Worth Country Day
• Kylah Evans, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Leah Gittens, All Saints Episcopal School
• Natalia Gusman, Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School
• Aiden Hardin, I.M. Terrell Academy
• Bryanna Jones, Western Hills High School
• Claire Kauffman, Trinity Valley School
• Delores Mills, Northside High School
• Yaretzi Navarro, Western Hills High School
• Miranda Tapia, Arlington Heights High School
• Emma Chorn, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Julianna Wood, World Languages Institute

Delegations Leaders

• Dr. Monica Marchi, Tarrant County College
• Chloe Marshall, Clifford Davis Elementary School

Trier, Germany

• Nara Acuña Guba, Fort Worth Country Day
• Brigid Connors, Nolan Catholic High School
• Daisy Daniels, Western Hills High School
• Isabel Gammell, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Nate Hackworth, The Oakridge School
• Dorothea Hart, Booker T. Washington High School
• Jack Honeyman, Booker T. Washington High School
• Nyima Isatou, Kijera Western Hills High School
• Sofia Marshall, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Micah Przymus, World Languages Institute
• Daisy Pulido, All Saints Episcopal School
• Zoe Schwarz, All Saints Episcopal School
• Arja Singh, Wakeland High School

Delegation Leaders

• Sara Fairley-Luna, Leadership Fort Worth
• Austin Johnson, Trinity Valley School

Guiyang, China (in 2025)

• Mariana Gonzalez, World Languages Institute
• Dorothea Hart, Booker T. Washington High School
• Harmon Hong, Fort Worth Country Day
• Sean Hong, Fort Worth Country Day
• Micah Przymus, World Languages Institute

Delegation Leaders

• Krista Forsgren
• Maggie Green-Wallace