Map: Friends Around The World🌎 by Brooklyn Burgess

Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 01:37:19 UTC

Aisha

Baghdad, Iraq

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 01:37:50 UTC

Ghadah 2020 TED Facilitator Partner

Mosul, Iraq

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 01:38:30 UTC

Lena from TED 2019

Baghdad, Iraq

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 01:38:59 UTC

Fadhil 2019 TED Facilitator and Climate Change 2021 Facilitator

Barcelona, Spain

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 01:40:16 UTC

Laura from TED Climate Change 2021

Tunis, Tunisia

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 01:40:52 UTC

Elhem 2021 TED Facilitator Partner

Albuquerque, NM, USA

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 01:41:31 UTC

Angelina from 2019 TED
We met in-person in Washington DC on April 29, 2022
We worked together as peer mentors in TED 2020

Algiers, Algeria

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 01:42:13 UTC

Meriem – fellow 2021 peer mentor friend

Ohio, USA

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 01:58:11 UTC

Maddi from Youth Ambassadors

Barcelona, Spain

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 02:00:25 UTC

Jordi from TED Climate Change 2021

Mexico

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 02:03:20 UTC

Lia from TED Climate Change 2021

Sri Lanka

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 02:05:16 UTC

Lesan from TED Climate Change 2021

Egypt

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 02:08:57 UTC

Nour from TED Climate Change 2021

Bolivia

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 02:10:36 UTC

Carla - we met in TED: Climate Change & the Environment and I've been helping her with her college apps!

World Learning, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 02:11:02 UTC

Mackenzie Territo (TED program coordinator) from TED 2019, 2020, 2021
met in-person when I was in Washington DC during the weekend of April 29, 2022 for the nsli-y workshop

Houston, TX, USA

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 02:12:35 UTC

Jordan Kelsey Program Coordinator from Youth Ambassadors

Madison, WI, USA

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 02:13:18 UTC

Michael Cook - Program Coordinator from Youth Ambassadors
We met at the YA Alumni Summit in DC!

Argentina

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 02:18:03 UTC

Paulina from TED Climate Change 2021

Yaguarón, Paraguay

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 02:18:25 UTC

Josias and Mario Youth Ambassadors host family

New Jersey, USA

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 21:28:50 UTC

Amol from VSI NSLI-Y Hindi 2020

Vermont, USA

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 21:32:05 UTC

Quinn from Youth Ambassadors - we were both part of the same host family - we met in January 2023 in Washington DC and he gave me a tour of George Washington University!

Ecuador

USA_TED — 2021-06-18 21:37:20 UTC

Vanessa (Vane) from TED Climate Change 2021

St Petersburg, Russia

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:26:59 UTC

Traveled on a cruise for vacation June 2017 and visited St. Petersburg, Russia on a 72 hour No-Visa entry

Japan

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:27:28 UTC

Traveled to Japan July 2013 on vacation for 2 weeks visiting Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Tokyo

Copenhagen, Denmark

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:35:33 UTC

June 2017 for one week

Helsinki, Finland

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:36:27 UTC

June 2017 for one day

Stockholm, Sweden

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:37:03 UTC

June 2017 for two days

Tallinn, Estonia

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:37:53 UTC

June 2017 for one day

Hong Kong

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:38:55 UTC

Traveled to China on vacation November 2016 for 2 weeks visiting Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong

Shanghai/Beijing China

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:39:53 UTC

Traveled to China on vacation November 2016 for 2 weeks visiting Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong

Montreal, QC, Canada

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:40:52 UTC

I visited my relatives in Montreal, Canada every other year for approximately a week each time since my birth in 2004; sometimes also visiting relatives in Toronto and Ottawa. Last visit July 2019

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:42:21 UTC

Visited Mexico on vacation April 2011

Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:42:59 UTC

Visited Italy on vacation November, 2004

Paris, France

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:43:12 UTC

Visited France on vacation for two days January 2020

Rabat, Morocco

USA_TED — 2021-06-22 23:45:24 UTC

Morocco (Rabat, Fes, Chefchaouen, Merzouga, Marrakesh, Casablanca) for two weeks December 2019, returning January 2020

Seoul, South Korea

USA_TED — 2021-06-30 20:08:36 UTC

My brother studied abroad in Korea with NSLI-Y in summer 2021

Pune, Maharashtra, India

USA_TED — 2021-07-01 17:11:52 UTC

Kavya from 2021 NSLI-Y City Pride School

Mexico

USA_TED — 2021-07-01 17:13:27 UTC

Abril from TED Climate Change 2021

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

USA_TED — 2021-07-01 17:27:50 UTC

Giri from NSLI-Y 2020

Lancaster, PA, USA

USA_TED — 2021-07-01 17:34:03 UTC

Ayush from Youth Ambassadors

Raleigh, NC, USA

USA_TED — 2021-07-01 17:40:46 UTC

Brien from VSI NSLI-Y Hindi 2020 and 2021

Cumming, GA, USA

USA_TED — 2021-07-01 17:46:03 UTC

Aditi from StarTalk Hindi 2019

Mexico

USA_TED — 2021-07-01 17:50:07 UTC

Barbie from Jóvenes en Acción

Connecticut, USA

USA_TED — 2021-07-01 18:58:08 UTC

Skyler from VSI NSLI-Y Hindi 2020 and 2021

South Carolina, USA

USA_TED — 2021-07-01 18:58:31 UTC

Gayatri from VSI NSLI-Y Hindi 2021

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

USA_TED — 2021-07-01 19:13:59 UTC

Elaine - a fellow TED 2021 Peer Mentor Friend

Florida, USA

USA_TED — 2021-07-01 19:14:14 UTC

Manuela - a fellow TED 2021 Peer Mentor Friend

Florida, USA

USA_TED — 2021-07-09 20:13:38 UTC

Anaum from VSI NSLI-Y Hindi 2021

D.C., DC, USA

USA_TED — 2021-07-09 20:15:17 UTC

Sameeha from VSI NSLI-Y Hindi 2021 (goes to Stanford)

UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

USA_TED — 2021-07-09 20:16:19 UTC

Me :)

Algiers, Algeria

USA_TED — 2021-07-19 04:18:04 UTC

Imene from TED 2021 North Africa Regional Chat

Egypt

USA_TED — 2021-07-19 04:18:41 UTC

Huda TED 2021 Participant (virtual host sibling)

Baghdad, Iraq

USA_TED — 2021-07-29 20:34:40 UTC

Yazin Peer Mentor from the TED 2021 Middle East regional chat

Maryland, USA

USA_TED — 2021-07-29 20:35:26 UTC

Katherine Peer Mentor from TED 2021

Cartago Province, Cartago, Costa Rica

USA_TED — 2021-08-27 01:02:28 UTC

Camila from 2021 TED Climate Change Program

Monteverde, Costa Rica

USA_TED — 2021-08-27 01:19:48 UTC

Costa Rica family trip august 7-14, 2021 (+additional 10 days until aug 24). We visited San Jose, Playa Blanca (Punta Leona), Monteverde, Río Celeste, Arenal, Río Balsa, La Fortuna, and Tortuguero.

Berlin, Germany

USA_TED — 2021-09-07 21:12:41 UTC

Malia from TED Climate Change 2021

Mirador Tiquicia, San José, Costa Rica

USA_TED — 2021-09-07 21:19:09 UTC

Jimena from TED Climate Change 2021. We met in-person on August 13, 2021!

Bowling Green, KY, USA

USA_TED — 2021-09-07 21:27:12 UTC

Sahil from VSI NSLI-Y Hindi 2021. We met on August 2, 2021 at UCLA where I gave him & his family a tour.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

USA_TED — 2021-09-07 21:48:23 UTC

Indira Prakash - my 2021 VSI NSLI-Y Hindi host family

Berkeley, CA, USA

USA_TED — 2022-01-15 21:10:48 UTC

Kristie and I met as NSLI-Y alumni representatives and we created the CLAPS Program together

Austin, TX, USA

USA_TED — 2022-01-29 22:00:03 UTC

Maya, 2022 NSLI-Y Alumni Representative

UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

USA_TED — 2022-05-07 01:49:26 UTC

Jonathan - alumni ambassador from Youth Ambassadors 2020

USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA

USA_TED — 2022-05-07 01:56:18 UTC

Kelly - 2022 nsli-y alumni rep peer
met in-person during our nsli-y workshop in Washington DC during the weekend of April 29, 2022

Arizona, USA

USA_TED — 2022-05-07 01:59:19 UTC

Sierra - 2022 nsli-y alumni rep peer
met in-person during our nsli-y workshop in Washington DC during the weekend of April 29, 2022

Portland, Oregon, USA

USA_TED — 2022-05-07 02:00:42 UTC

Bianca - 2022 nsli-y alumni rep peer
met in-person during our nsli-y workshop in Washington DC during the weekend of April 29, 2022

Atlanta, GA, USA

USA_TED — 2022-05-07 02:18:34 UTC

Alex from nsliy virtual summer intensive hindi 2021

Portland, Oregon, USA

USA_TED — 2022-05-07 02:26:32 UTC

Caroline - met during the nsli-y storytelling workshop in Washington DC during the weekend of April 29, 2022

UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

USA_TED — 2023-02-23 07:16:08 UTC

Avanthika and I met since we went to DC together for the Youth Ambassadors Alumni Summit but we also both go to UCLA!

World Learning, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC

USA_TED — 2023-02-23 07:23:52 UTC

Calla Sneller (program officer) from TED Climate Change 2021
met in-person when I was in Washington DC during the weekend of April 29, 2022 for the nsli-y workshop
This picture is from the YA Alumni Summit - all of us here did her TED: Climate Change & the Environment program!

Yale University, New Haven, CT

USA_TED — 2023-02-23 07:29:14 UTC

Joseph! We met at the Youth Ambassadors Alumni Summit in DC - we both did The Experiment Digital, NSLI-Y, and Youth Ambassadors (different programs though for all of them)!

Arizona, USA

USA_TED — 2023-02-23 07:38:53 UTC

Libby - we met in TED when I was in peer mentor in 2021
I inspired and helped her apply to VNSLI-Y and now she is participating in it for Turkish!

Dallas, TX

USA_TED — 2023-02-23 07:39:31 UTC

Nicole - we met in TED when I was in peer mentor in 2021
I inspired her to apply for Youth Ambassadors and she got to go to Ecuador in 2022!

Egypt

USA_TED — 2023-02-23 07:45:08 UTC

Ganna! She was the peer mentor I worked with in TED 2022 which was my first summer as a facilitator. I absolutely loved collaborating with her during TED and I hope we can meet in person one day

Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

USA_TED — 2023-02-23 07:51:35 UTC

Mohamed was in my TED neighborhood in 2022 and we are doing the Stevens Initiative Alumni Fellowship together right now

Panama

USA_TED — 2023-02-25 07:16:15 UTC

Dereth from Youth Ambassadors Alumni Summit Jan 2023

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

USA_TED — 2023-02-25 07:23:23 UTC

Liam Cuppett - 2023 NSLI-Y Alumni Reps (did Hindi summer 2022 in Delhi)

Michigan

USA_TED — 2023-02-25 07:25:22 UTC

Rachel Rochford - 2023 NSLI-Y Alumni Reps (we were roommates for the DC workshop!)

El Salvador

USA_TED — 2023-02-25 07:26:01 UTC

Marcela - We were roommates at the Youth Ambassadors Alumni Summit!

Algiers, Algeria

USA_TED — 2023-03-28 20:55:27 UTC

Hanaa - TED 2022 participant

Algiers, Algeria

USA_TED — 2023-03-28 20:55:42 UTC

Umaima - TED 2022 participant

Egypt

USA_TED — 2023-03-28 20:56:27 UTC

AbdElrahman - TED 2022 participant

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

USA_TED — 2023-06-27 07:11:13 UTC

George from SIAF (2023 Jordan trip)

Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

USA_TED — 2023-06-27 07:16:28 UTC

Mohammad - AFS India intern from NSLI-Y ATP India May 2023 trip

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

USA_TED — 2023-06-27 07:18:59 UTC

Yuvika & Roshni - NSLI-Y ATP India host sisters

Skikda, Algeria

USA_TED — 2023-06-27 07:26:17 UTC

Nedjla - TED 2019 and SIAF (Jordan trip summer 2023)

Amman, Jordan

USA_TED — 2023-06-27 07:27:34 UTC

Sara - we were both facilitators summer 2022 and met when I was in Jordan summer 2023 for the SIAF

Virginia

USA_TED — 2023-06-27 07:29:51 UTC

Camille - we were roommates in Amman, Jordan for the 2023 SIAF trip

Edmonton, AB, Canada

USA_TED — 2023-06-27 07:33:28 UTC

Laetitia from Jan 2023 Youth Ambassadors alumni summit

Quito, Ecuador

USA_TED — 2023-06-27 07:34:36 UTC

Crystal from Jan 2023 Youth Ambassadors alumni summit

Brazil

USA_TED — 2023-06-27 07:36:09 UTC

Mariana from Jan 2023 Youth Ambassadors alumni summit

Tunis, Tunisia

USA_TED — 2023-06-27 07:37:36 UTC

Eya from 2023 SIAF Jordan trip

Tangier, Morocco

USA_TED — 2023-06-27 07:39:41 UTC

Jamila from summer 2023 SIAF Jordan trip

Benghazi, Libya

USA_TED — 2023-06-27 07:41:31 UTC

Muhanad from summer 2023 SIAF Jordan trip

San Antonio, TX

USA_TED — 2024-01-27 05:24:45 UTC

Xitlalih from the 2023 Stevens Initiative Alumni Fellowship! (This picture was from Washington DC January 2024)

Casablanca, Morocco

USA_TED — 2024-01-27 05:27:08 UTC

Malak from the 2023 Stevens Initiative Alumni Fellowship!

Washington D.C., DC

USA_TED — 2024-01-27 05:28:33 UTC

Jamal (World Learning) from the 2023 Steven Initiative Alumni Fellowship!

Oxford College of Emory University, Emory Street, Oxford, GA

USA_TED — 2024-01-27 05:32:55 UTC

Summer 2023 StarTalk Arabic

Baltimore, MD

USA_TED — 2024-01-27 05:34:46 UTC

Rania from 2023 StarTalk Arabic! <3

Petra, Jordan

USA_TED — 2024-01-27 05:37:27 UTC

Summer 2023 - Stevens Initiative Alumni Fellowship Workshop at the SIT Center in Amman, Jordan!

Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

USA_TED — 2024-01-27 05:39:00 UTC

Summer 2023 NSLI-Y Hindi Alumni Travel Program in Varanasi, India!

Cumming, GA

USA_TED — 2024-01-27 05:45:35 UTC

Summer 2019 StarTalk Hindi Camp