2024-11-20 05:13

Congratulations to all the students who were selected for Youth Ambassador exchanges in 2025! 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 congratulations to Oforitsenere Bodunrin who received the Yamagata Emerging Leader Scholarship for her excellence in community service and leadership. Oforitsenere will be using the scholarship to travel to Reggio Emilia, Italy in the spring.

Budapest, Hungary

• Daniel Barreto, World Languages Institute
• Charles Cady, Fort Worth Country Day
• Kaylee Crain, Trinity Valley School
• Daisy Daniels, Western Hills High School
• Abi Flores, World Languages Institute
• Rose Flores, World Languages Institute
• Angel Garcia, Amon Carter Riverside High School
• Ashley Leija, Amon Carter Riverside High School
• Mason Rawlins, Amon Carter Riverside High School
• Dani Rubio, LD Bell High School
• Samantha Saade, Fort Worth Country Day
• Lauren Snearly, LD Bell High School
• Maycena Stedman, LD Bell High School
• Maddox Wolfe, Fort Worth Country Day

Delegation Leaders

• Chelsy Beninate, Fort Worth Country Day
• Araceli Garcia, Charles Nash Elementary

Guiyang, China

• Nara Acuna Guba, Fort Worth Country Day School
• Mariana Gonzalez, World Languages Institute
• Mahan Gopalan, Fort Worth Academy
• Aiden Gutierrez, All Saints Episcopal School
• Dorothea Hart, Booker T. Washington High School
• Harmon Hong, Fort Worth Country Day
• Sean Hong, Fort Worth Country Day
• Mason Lawrence, Southlake Carroll High School
• Tristan Lawrence, Southlake Carroll High School
• Kennedy Laster, Braswell High School
• Adrian Marioni, World Languages Institute
• Julianna Wood, World Languages Institute

Delegation Leaders

• Krista Forsgren, Windows On Asia Consulting
• Rubi Roy, Fort Worth Sister Cities International Alumna

Associate Delegation Leaders

• Alex Guillen, University of Texas at Arlington
• Antti Havia, University of Denver
• Bryn Kane, University of Houston
• Celia Miller Pitt, Pacific Lutheran University

Nagaoka, Japan

• Edythe Cline, Trinity Valley School
• Mackenzie Crain, Trinity Valley School
• Raegan Florsheim, Trinity Valley School
• Ana Garcia, IDEA Edgecliff
• Dejonae Hanson, Southwest High School
• Chloe Lee, TCC South Collegiate
• James Lopez, Fort Worth Academy
• Findley Maxwell, World Languages Institute
• Bella Ortega, Harmony School of Innovation
• Emily Resendiz, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Cecilia Rico, Stripling Middle School
• Paxton Trinh, Southlake Carroll High School
• Kellen Wright, All Saints Episcopal School

Delegation Leaders

• Hillary Relyea, Trinity Valley School
• Emily Bordman, Stripling Middle School

Nagaoka, Japan – Harashin

• Kaylee Crain, Trinity Valley School
• Aadith Gowda, Coppell High School
• Aiden Loughran, Colleyville Heritage High School
• Ashton Melven, World Languages Institute
• Evelyn Rodriguez, Chisholm Trail High School
• Bowie Royal, Aledo High School
• Savannah Solsbery, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
• Chloe Swinford, Amon Carter Riverside High School
• Alternate: Nate Hackworth, Trinity Valley School
• Alternate: Riley Ledesma, I.M. Terrell Academy for STEM & VPA

Delegation Leaders

• Patricia Anderson, Diamond Hill Jarvis High School
• Chloe Marshall, Clifford Davis Elementary

Nimes, France

• Brenna Belauskas, Nolan Catholic High School
• Ava Berry, All Saints Episcopal High School
• Elizabeth Endres, Nolan Catholic High School
• Aadith Gowda, Coppell High School
• Nate Hackworth, Trinity Valley School
• Juliet Madrigal, World Languages Institute
• Sophia Mora, Fort Worth Country Day
• Michael Phillips, I.M. Terrell Academy for STEM & VPA
• Immanuel Rodriguez, North Side High School
• Chloe Soule, Southwest High School
• Ella Taylor, Nolan Catholic High School
• Victoria Tran, Nolan Catholic High School

Delegation Leaders

• Hao Tran, Trimble Tech High School
• Cindy Vasquez, UNT Health Science Center

Reggio Emilia, Italy

• Ramon Barajas, Amon Carter Riverside High School
• Oforitsenere Bodunrin, Tarrant County College
• Lillian Doze, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Siam Freeman, Arlington Heights High School
• Albert Gamero, Amon Carter Riverside High School
• Cesar Gutierrez, Amon Carter Riverside High School
• Riley Ledesma, I.M. Terrell Academy of STEM & VPA
• Diego Lomas, Amon Carter Riverside High School
• Jessica Lorenzana, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Walker Maxwell, R.L. Paschal High School
• Fiona McDonald, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Maxwelle McPhaull, I.M. Terrell Academy of STEM & VPA
• Audrey Middleton, R.L. Paschal High School
• Hassan Piaubert, Game Design & Development Schools
• Michael Rodriguez, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
• Sofia Rubio, World Languages Institute
• Gene Starr, Marine Creek Collegiate High School
• Lorelei Wadsworth, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Zoe Williams, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• Faith Wormley, Arlington Heights High School

Delegations Leaders

• Dr. Michael Roemer, Trinity Valley School
• Kathy Roemer, Greenhill School

Trier, Germany – Sport Camp

• Emmanuel Dawkins, Amon Carter Riverside High School
• Walker Maxwell, R.L. Paschal High School
• Elizabeth Nytko, Tarrant County College
• Grady Roth, Fort Worth Country Day School
• Austin Trinh, Southlake Carroll High School
• Henry Vitek, R.L. Paschal High School

Delegation Leaders

• Dawnelle Butler, Eagle-Mountain Saginaw ISD
• Jerome Butler, Gameday Productions

Mbabane, Eswatini (2026)

• Oforitsenere Bodunrin, Tarrant County College
• Charles Cady, Fort Worth Country Day School
• Mackenzie Crain, Trinity Valley School
• Walker Maxwell, R.L. Paschal High School
• Maxwelle McPhaull, I.M. Terrell Academy of STEM & VPA
• Hassan Piaubert, Game Design and Development Schools
• Michael Phillips, I.M. Terrell Academy of STEM & VPA

Delegation Leaders

• Courtney Upp, Stuard Elementary
• Brandy Sapp, IDEA Public Schools
• Paige Collins, Fort Worth Sister Cities International