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 on ZOOM password: edabroad Wednesdays 5-6pm and Fridays 3-4pm
Angelina Palumbo
Director, Education Abroad
Advising: Asia and NAU-led faculty support
Charquinta Sullivan
Assistant Director
Charquinta.Sullivan@nau.edu
Javier Trejo-Sainz
Assistant Director
Director of Costa Rica NAU
Mélanie Caron
Education Abroad Advisor, Lead
Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland
Amanda Williamson
Education Abroad Advisor, Sr.
Advising: Australia, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, England and Wales
Tricia Sherrard
Education Abroad Advisor, Sr.
Advising: Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, and Malta
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, Spain and Portugal
VACANT – Education Abroad Advisor Asia
VACANT – Education Abroad Program Assistant
studyabroad@nau.edu
Education Abroad Student Employees
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!
Sofia Laplante
Education Abroad Student Employee
Hi, my name is Sofia. I am currently in my final year at NAU, studying Biomedical Sciences and Modern Languages with an emphasis in Spanish. I am a part of IGP, through which I studied Biology and completed an internship at a physical therapy clinic in Alicante, Spain this past year. I am excited to use what I learned from my experience to help other students create their own memories studying abroad!
Education Abroad Interns
Kiara Hines
Education Abroad Student Intern
My name is Kiara! I am in my final semester at NAU. I am studying international education leadership. I have lived abroad teaching English to university students. My experience abroad helped me grow in my education career. I am excited to help students pursue opportunities to study abroad.
Arely Mata
Education Abroad Student Intern
My name is Arely Mata and I am a second-year student in the Counseling-Student Affairs graduate program. I graduated from NAU in 2020 with two degrees in Spanish and Sociology. In 2018 I studied abroad in Ecuador at La Universidad San Francisco de Quito. As first-generation student, I never thought education abroad was an option for me. I am extremely thankful for the support and guidance that I received from my advisor which made this opportunity possible.