Sebastián Torres is an actor, writer, producer, and director born in Caracas, Venezuela. He is the son of forced migration and welcoming arms in a land that he now calls home. … FULL BIO
Wesley Ruzibiza is a dancer, actor, choreographer, and director. Raised in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he moved to Rwanda, his country of origin, in 1999. He was studying financial management at the National University of Rwanda when he encountered the world of contemporary arts. … FULL BIO
Samie is a senior in the SFS studying Culture and Politics with a focus on the role of the arts in shaping historical narratives and identity formation. She is also a Film and Media Studies minor, … FULL BIO
Samik is a member of the Walsh School of Foreign Service’s Class of 2023 majoring in International Politics with a minor in Statistics. Although born in Richmond,VA, Samik has lived his entire life in India where he first started theatre at the age of 5, … FULL BIO
Sarah Khan is freshman in the SFS hoping to major in Culture and Politics and minor in Justice and Peace Studies and French. She first learned the importance of a single story through working with refugees and foster kids, … FULL BIO
Sarah Martin was born in a working-class neighborhood of Houston, Texas, but has spent the last two years living in Denmark. She grew up in many homes across central Texas each filled to the brim with expatriates from Russian, … FULL BIO
Sophia Marie George is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service from Los Angeles, California majoring in International Politics with a minor in Theatre and Performance Studies and a certificate in European Studies. … FULL BIO
Thea Belle Flanzer is a freshman in the college at Georgetown University. She grew up performing and student directing at the Gateway Playhouse, a regional theater located in Bellport, New York. … FULL BIO
Fidaa Ataya is a storyteller. Her grandmother, forcibly expelled from her home and homeland in Al Bourj Palestine in 1948, would tell her stories. As she listened, Fidaa would fly with her imagination across borders, … FULL BIO
Sonya Armaghanyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. Despite an early childhood influenced by regional instability and war, Sonya’s parents introduced her and her brother to a world that stretched far beyond the borders of Armenia through literature, … FULL BIO
Abner Torres Delina Jr. is the third of five children raised by parents who were both community leaders from the coastal areas of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. At twelve, … FULL BIO
Kiyo Gutiérrez was born in Guadalajara. She is a Mexican artist with Japanese, Bolivian, Indigenous, and Spanish ancestors. She studied history because she wanted to understand where she was standing. … FULL BIO
