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Fellowships have been an amazing opportunity to apply my education and passion for service. The AHF office has guided and motivated me throughout the fellowship application process. They have helped me since I was a freshman to understand the opportunities and process of applying. Because of their support, I have had the privilege of being a Shaeffer Fellow, Center for the Study of the President and Congress Fellow, and a Fulbright ETA fellow in Vietnam. Each of these fellowships gave me valuable experience and perspective on my passions and interests. I was able to learn important skills and focus on my vision for service. These experiences and opportunities paved the path for me to become a Fulbrighter.

I heard about Fulbright through seniors in Delta Phi Epsilon, USC’s first and only international relation’s society, my freshman year. ...I felt that the binational business [grant] would be a great opportunity to explore the fields I had been studying the past couple years. I discussed my application with [my professor] and looked at templates from the AHF office of previous USC student applicants. When it came to the [campus] faculty committee, their feedback helped me better explain key points on my resume. While I knew everything I had done in the past four years, I needed to do a better job of explaining that on paper to a committee that had no idea who I was or what I had accomplished.

The AHF [staff] and review committees helped me learn more about who I was and who I wanted to be. They gave me the honest feedback I needed. They poked holes in my ideas, my goals, and my beliefs, testing me and prompting me to think more about the things I value. Those moments of self-discovery, I believe, are priceless.

AHF introduced me to opportunities that I didn't know existed. They made my world bigger. They challenged me to dig deep to better understand my own values, motives, and goals. My fellowships abroad have fundamentally shaped by life path and trajectory moving forward.