The following post was initially published on Education Week’s global learning blog, curated by the Asia Society. By Nelson Graves Menacing. Predatory. Dangerous. Bad. That’s how the wolf is depicted in many stories that parents read to their children in...
Name: Maria Isabel dos Santos Veiga Birth place: Medianeira in the state of Parana, south of Brazil Age: 24 Occupation/Studies: Au Pair at AuPairCare. I’m on a matching process with a family to go to the United States. Languages: Portuguese, English, German,...
Name: Yuki Onogi Birth place: Tokyo, Japan Age: 29 Occupation: Broker/Analyst at SG Americas Securities LLC Languages: Native Japanese, English, former Serbo-Croatian (BCMS), Polish, Russian and bad Italian Currently reading: “Tulipomania” by Mike Dash Q:...
Name: Giulia Di Domenico Birth place: Milan, Italy Age: 25 Occupation: Freelance translator for Blue Heron Research Partners and job seeker Languages: English, Italian and working on my Arabic Currently reading: “Island Beneath the Sea” by Isabel Allende...
Name: Akinyi Ochieng Birth place: London Age: 22 Occupation: Communications manager at the Global Shea Alliance Languages: English, French, Kiswahili and slowly learning Twi Currently reading: “White Mischief” by James Fox and “The Light of the...
By Nelson Graves The millennial generation is forcing wrenching change in business and finance, but it risks hitting a wall when retirement comes unless young people change their savings habits — or are forced to do so. Those are the conclusions of a top manager...
That’s the question we asked of News-Decoder’s “ambassadors” — an informal group of several dozen young adults around the world who have shown an interest in our mission. Nine of them video-taped their answers. Their heroes are as diverse...
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y8HNukRMuw&w=580&h=400] Name: Paul Wasserman Birth place: New York City, USA Age: 23 Occupation: Research assistant for Zbigniew Brzezinski at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Languages:...
Name: Diego Emilio Cuesy Edgar Birth place: Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico Age: 26 Occupation: Public Policy Analyst at the Lab for the City in Mexico City Graduated with honors from Tec de Monterrey with a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs. First...
Name: Emefa Addo Agawu Birth place: Ithaca, New York Age: 22 Occupation: Research assistant, Empirical Studies of Conflict Project at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School. Graduated in May from Yale College with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science....