Alumni Spotlight: Sophia Bispo “Communication to save the world”
“Comunicação para salvar o mundo!” (Communication to save the world!) Since I was a child, I knew I would become a journalist. There was no other path that could fulfill my heart and soul the way this career does. I remember watching TV and dreaming of one day becoming like William Bonner or Glória Maria, […]
Alumni Spotlight: Lauren Miller, Crafting a Career in Documentary Photography
Having a global community has always been important to me – I believe that to understand the world around us, we must actively engage in cross-cultural dialogue. My journey with Global Nomads amplified this belief and ultimately helped guide me toward a career in documentary photography. I began my time with Global Nomads in 2019 […]
Alumni Spotlight: Nour Akkoush, From Content to Healthcare
From Content to Care, How CCL shaped the way I view Medicine Before I began my journey in medicine, I had the opportunity to be part of the Content Creation Lab (CCL). At the time, I didn’t realize how deeply that experience would shape not only my education, but also the way I understand people, […]
Alumni Spotlight: Goodness Iffu, Climate Justice Advocate
I had the privilege of being part of the Global Nomads Group Content Creation Lab in 2025, where I worked alongside an incredible community of young people from different parts of the world to co-create a course on Neurodivergent Belonging: Leadership and Advocacy. That experience genuinely shifted something in me. Before then, I was passionate about […]
Meet Our Newest Content Creation Lab Cohort!
Global Nomads’ 2026 Content Creation Lab is up and running, bringing together youth from across the Arab region to design our newest course, Qisasna Tejma’na, or “Our Stories Bring Us Together.” The course will be piloted in classrooms in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon later this year, and will be launched globally in Arabic, English, […]
People Behind the Mission – 2023 Globe Ball Honorees
On June 8th, 2023, we gathered to honor dynamic leaders in business, technology, and philanthropy and their outstanding contributions to advancing cross-cultural dialogue, collaboration, and community. Meet our 2023 Globe Ball Honorees: 2023 AWARD FOR CONNECTING ACROSS DIFFERENCE “We have to be really intentional to see the similarities in the heart and soul of human […]
Climate Justice Curriculum by Youth, for Youth
When an estimated 400,000 middle school students across the state of California participate in the upcoming seventh-grade Climate Change and Environmental Justice Program (CCEJP) curriculum from Ten Strands, they will be a part of a one-of-a-kind experience designed by their peers across the state and around the world. When Ten Strands announced its search for […]
Teachers Who Transform: Wendy Harris, Metro Deaf School
“That was one of the things that originally excited me about Global Nomads Group’s Student to World video courses that they were accessible, out of the box, and they could learn about peers’ experiences in other countries.” Wendy Harris The Metro Deaf School, a bilingual school for Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing students […]
People Behind the Mission: Cindy Macedo
Name: Cindy Macedo Role: Program Coordinator Location: Mexico To launch its new Spanish language learning program, Global Nomads Group needed to find a master educator who was bilingual in Spanish and English and who embodied our core values. Cindy Macedo proved the ideal candidate. Cindy grew up in southern Mexico and later moved to […]
Student Impact Story: Azaria Mosby
by Content Creation Lab youth intern Azaria (United States) “I’ve learned a lot about the experiences of people in different countries and cultures.” Azaria Growing up in Petersburg, Virginia with her mom, her aunt, and a sister, Azaria Mosby says her church and her faith were very important to her and her family. She […]