Congrats Graduating CEA Alumni!

As the summer approaches, CEA Study Abroad Alumni across the U.S. are preparing to graduate. We would like to congratulate everyone and wish you the very best with wherever life takes you post-graduation. Keep exploring and stay in touch with your CEA family!

And although we will miss our Alumni Ambassadors dearly, we couldn't be more proud of their accomplishments as study abroad alumni and college graduates. Check out what some of our Ambassadors are doing after graduation, and stay tuned to learn how studying abroad has translated to their post-grad life!

CEA On-site Ambassadorship
Danielle O'Leary
Senior Alumni Ambassador Fall 2013 - Spring 2015
On-site Ambassadorship London Fall 2015

Amy Johnson
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
On-site Ambassadorship Paris Fall 2015

Mele Moniz
Alumni Ambassador Spring 2015
On-site Ambassadorship Paris Summer 2015

Left to right: Danielle O'Leary, Amy Johnson, Mele Moniz

Teaching
Macey Hallstedt
Senior Alumni Ambassador Fall 2013 - Spring 2015
On-site Ambassadorship San José Summer 2014
Teaching English in Spain for a year

Rachael Cox
Associate Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Joined Teach for America in Mississippi and will be teaching French

Emily Jones
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Taking a TEFL certification course to hopefully move to Spain and teach English

Kelsea Riddick
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Teaching English Assistantship in Reims, France

Emma Terrazas
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Considering teaching English in Spain or South America

Emma Terrazas (top left), Emily Jones (top right), Kelsea Riddick (middle left), Rachael Cox (middle right), Macey Hallstedt (bottom)

Traveling
Ally Parrill
Senior Alumni Ambassador Fall 2013 - Spring 2015
Educational travel in Japan for the summer
Student Advisor for Massachusetts International Academy

Taylor Stoeckler
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2013 - Spring 2015
On-site Ambassadorship Alicante Summer 2014
Traveling Europe this summer and moving to Chicago afterwards

Valerie Espinoza
Alumni Ambassador Spring 2015
Cross country road trip this summer
Jr. Executive for Zerin Business Consulting

Merlin Bardhi
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Traveling in Europe and revisiting her home country (Albania) after working as an Administrative Assistant over the summer

Left to right: Valerie Espinoza, Ally Parrill, Taylor Stoeckler, Merlin Bardhi

Graduate School
Taylor Kacur
Senior Alumni Ambassador Fall 2013 - Spring 2015
Clemson University to pursue a Master's in Professional Accounting after interning with Johnson Lambert Accounting Firm in Burlington, VT this summer

Mackenzie Magner
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Hoping to pursue a Master's in Special Education at University of Colorado Denver

Katarina Donkers
Associate Alumni Ambassador Spring 2015
DePaul University's MENP Program

Madison Eley
Alumni Ambassador Spring 2014 - Spring 2015
UT Knoxville for a Master's in Education to be a Spanish teacher

Mallory Barrett
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Katarina Donkers (top left), Madison Eley (top right), Taylor Kacur (middle left), Mallory Barrett (middle right), Mackenzie Magner (bottom)

Working in the U.S. or abroad
Lauren Woolley
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Recruiting Coordinator for Google in the San Francisco Bay Area

Megan Young
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2013 - Spring 2015
Searching for jobs in Public Relations

Sarah Greene
Associate Alumni Ambassador Spring 2015
Multimedia Journalist at WHBF in the Quad Cities region

Alexa Markovich
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Field Communications Writer at Disney Corporate

David Sperling
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2013 - Spring 2015
Working for Greenheck Fan Corporation in their leadership rotational program at their headquarters in Wisconsin for a year then moving to India for 6-9 months before the last rotation in North Carolina

(Top left to right) Lauren Woolley, Megan Young, Sarah Greene, Alexa Markovich; (middle) David Sperling, Jordan Christensen, Kelsey Burkhardt, Cailin Burke; (bottom) Ashli Perkins, Leslie Rogers, Jenni Skibek, Monique Martinez

Jordan Cohen
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Seeking a job working with Social Media, Marketing, or Digital Media for a marketing/advertising company

Kelsey Burkhardt
Alumni Ambassador Spring 2015
Pursuing Journalism and TV Broadcasting as well as considering grad school in Europe

Cailin Burke
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2013 - Spring 2015
Production Assistant and On-air Host for Y-CLAD chat and hoping to start own video/social media business

Jordan Christensen
Alumni Ambassador Spring 2015
Searching for opportunities to go abroad again before beginning a career in Interior Design

Ashli Giles-Perkins
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Short-Term Disability Case Manager in Commercial Insurance at Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

Leslie Rogers
Alumni Ambassador Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Activity Leader for Education First (EF) in New York