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April 16, 2004
Phoenix Youth Ambassadors Selected for Sister City Visits
Thirty-nine Phoenix high school students have been chosen to serve as youth ambassadors and travel to Phoenix's sister cities through a summer student exchange program.
The Youth Ambassador Exchange Program, sponsored by the Phoenix Sister Cities Commission, allows young people from around the world to learn about and experience each other's cultures. Now more than ever, projects such as this one are important tools to help build bridges of understanding and international goodwill. The participating families create friendships and memories that often last a lifetime.
High school juniors are selected on the basis of their communication skills, maturity, flexibility, leadership and self-confidence. The students' departures run from June 5 to 28. They will live with a host family in their designated sister cities for two weeks, then reciprocate and house their host family's son or daughter when they arrive in Phoenix beginning July 17.
Below are this year's Phoenix youth ambassadors and their destinations:
- Calgary Canada - Katie Miller, Arizona School for the Arts; Maria Luna, Xavier College Preparatory
- Catania, Italy - Hillary Boyd, Central High School; Alyssa Umeda, North High School
- Chengdu, China - Vidula Patki, Thunderbird High School; Morgan Jenkins, Arcadia High School; Paul Craft, North High School; Cecily Fuller, Central High School
- Ennis, Ireland - Katie Wilson, Sunnyslope High School; Leah Durnin, Desert Vista High School; Kathleen DeQuejoe, Xavier College Preparatory; Joe White, Brophy College Preparatory; Sam Simmers, Desert Vista High School
- Grenoble, France - Katie Fish, Phoenix Country Day School; Tara Cahn, Sunnyslope High School; Hui Jung Chen, Carl Hayden High School; Pablo Soto, Carl Hayden High School
- Hermosillo, Mexico - Alexis Cahn, Sunnyslope High School; Cody Heslep, Arcadia High School; Tashina Lee, Metro Tech; Alex Chavez, Sunnyslope High School; Katie McGarey, Arcadia High School; Nora Schlesinger, Sunnyslope High School
- Himeji, Japan - Michael Crowley, Arcadia High School; Elizabeth Schmitt, Arizona School for the Arts; Erin Barrett, Xavier College Preparatory; Grant Smith, Paradise Valley High School; Natacha Petersen, Phoenix Country Day School; Maribel Quintanar, Central High School; Gabriel Montoya, St. Mary's High School; Alicia Tang-Mills, Sunnyslope High School; Nathan Whelihan, Arizona School for the Arts; Olivia Stewart, Sunnyslope High School
- Prague, Czech Republic - Meghan Marmor, Sunnyslope High School; Katie Lopker, North High School
- Taipei, Taiwan - Crissy Pasaret, Camelback High School; Julie Freberg, Arizona School for the Arts; Alex Galvin, Mountain Pointe High School; Tyler Petersen, Sunnyslope High School
More than 330 Phoenix students have participated in Youth Ambassador Exchange Program since it began in 1988. For more information, call the Phoenix Sister Cities Commission at 602-534-3748.
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