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Fulbright Prism U.S. West Coast
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Robby Goldman, President & Chapter Coordinator
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Robby is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow conducting research jointly at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory. Robby, who currently lives in Los Angeles, graduated in 2015 with a B.A. in Geology and minor in Physics from Pomona College in Claremont, CA. The following year, Robby completed his volcanology-focused Fulbright research fellowship in Christchurch, New Zealand. An avid advocate for science-based decision making, Robby is a member of the American Geophysical Union’s Voices for Science program and the Geological Society of America’s Geology and Public Policy Committee. Robby’s favorite games include Japanese- and Hawaiian-style Hanafuda (“flower cards”), the WWI strategy game Diplomacy, and the ever-popular Mario Kart. His favorite shows include Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, and The (wonderfully queer-positive) Dragon Prince.
Robby is President and Co-Founder of Prism’s U.S. West Coast Chapter, which strives to build a community of LGBTQ+ Fulbrighters across the states of California, Oregon and Washington.
Meg Dale, Co-Founder
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Meg grew up outside of Seattle, Washington is a graduate of Portland State University (BA in International Development, Spanish minor) and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Meg was a part of the 2017-2018 Fulbright Bulgaria cohort, she spent her time in Bulgaria living in the city of Burgas on the Black Sea coast and teaching as an ETA at Geo Milev high school. Now Meg works for IRCO (Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization), a local non-profit in Portland, serving immigrant and refugee youth at Oregon's largest high school. Meg's program is ultimately an academic focused program to help students integrate and compete in the US school system but the program also incorporates and focuses on social-emotional wellness/learning and community building. Some of Meg's hobbies are bouldering, yoga, biking, dancing, karaoke and playing games such as the card game Cambio, Codenames, Coup and more recently (quarantined influenced) chess.
Faith Brown, Chapter Leadership
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Born in West Virginia, Faith moved extensively up and down the east coast until recently settling down in Salt Lake City, Utah. She graduated from the University of North Georgia with a B.A. in Communications, where she also conducted undergraduate research in the field of public relations. Faith received a Fulbright ETA grant to Bulgaria for both the 2017 and 2018 Academic Years. While there she not only taught English, but during her second year worked as the Assistant Director of the BEST foundation, an international educational nonprofit organization. Her work as an educator quickly turned into a passion for helping students achieve their goals, leading her into the world of academic advising. She currently works for the University of Utah as an Academic Advisor for the International and Area Studies programs. In her free time, she enjoys reading, kayaking, trying out new soup recipes, playing board games (Splendor is a favorite!), and pretending she knows how to sing and dance.
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