Meet the Education Abroad team
Due to the current COVID-19 situation, all advising appointments with NAU Education Abroad will now be online. Make an appointment with the advisor who specializes in the destination you wish to travel to, by requesting a date and time that is suitable for you. Your advisor will then be in touch to help you choose the best appointment format (phone call, Zoom, etc.)
Not sure where you want to go abroad? Join us for a virtual information session Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:00am on Zoom!
Angelina Palumbo
Director, Education Abroad
Advising: Asia beginning August 1st and NAU-led faculty support
Holly Wheeler
Assistant Director, Education Abroad
Advising: Asia, NAU-led faculty support, and advisor for the Korean Language and Culture Club prior to August 1st.
Javier Trejo-Sainz
Assistant Director
Director of Costa Rica NAU
Britton Shepardson
Assistant Director
Director of South America NAU
Mélanie Caron
Education Abroad Advisor, Lead
Advising: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland
Amanda Williamson
Education Abroad Advisor
Advising: Australia, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, England and Wales
Tricia Sherrard
Education Abroad Advisor
Advising: Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, and Portugal
Daniela Pesce
Education Abroad Advisor and NSE Coordinator
Advising: Peace Corps Prep Certificate, Africa, the Middle East, Georgia, and Russia. National Student Exchange – U.S. study away and Canada
Arturo Torres
Education Abroad Advisor
Advising: Latin America and Spain
Vasileios Kokkinos
Education Abroad Program Assistant
studyabroad@nau.edu
Γεια σας! Coming from Greece to attend the Sustainable Communities MA at NAU, I can appreciate the huge impact educational experiences abroad have on students. Study Abroad can transform students’ lives, as those who dare to study in another country not only learn a lot through their experiences and classes abroad but also make friends around the world. Before coming to Flagstaff, I was living in Athens, Greece where I was also born and raised. This location made it easier for me to travel around Europe and the Mediterranean with experiences including educational programs in Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Israel Italy, Palestinian Territories, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Tunisia, Turkey, UK and USA.
Courtney Hale
Education Abroad Program Assistant
studyabroad@nau.edu
I am a member of the Navajo Nation and received my Bachelor’s degree in Secondary English Education as well as my Master’s degree in Secondary Education at NAU. I studied abroad in Japan and South Korea for two summers during my time at NAU and have been an advocate for study abroad ever since. I am excited to work with CIE to help students take advantage of the resources available to them and experience the opportunities an international education can give them.
Tiffany McCremens
Education Abroad Student Employee
Hello, my name is Tiffany! I am in my final year at NAU studying civil engineering and modern languages with a Spanish emphasis. I studied abroad in Spain as an IGP student, completing an exchange semester at the University of Alicante and an internship in Madrid.
Chloe Felker
Education Abroad Student Employee
My name is Chloe Felker, I am currently a Senior at NAU, and I recently studied abroad in Norwich, United Kingdom, for Creative Writing. I gained so much from my time abroad, from communication skills to problem-solving to lifelong friends and many other academic and professional skills. I am very excited to work alongside the education abroad office to help other students like myself with what is truly the experience of a lifetime!
Caitlyn Voige
Education Abroad Student Employee
My name is Caitlyn Voige. I’m a junior in the Astronomy and Physics program here at NAU with minors in Anthropology and Mathematics, and a certificate in English Literature. I studies abroad in Gwangju, South Korea in Spring 2021 and had an amazing experience. I am looking forward to helping other students go abroad and have an experience of a lifetime!