Stories

The NSLI-Y program languages include Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian, Hindi, Korean, Persian (Tajiki), Russian and Turkish. Listed below are all multimedia stories written, and shared by NSLI-Y students, alumni, partners, and supporters. These stories include all NSLI-Y program languages and are ordered chronologically from the most recent post.

Alumni and current students, join the conversation by submitting your own story.

Click on a language below to see stories and media related to a specific NSLI-Y program language:

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Virtual Event: The NSLI-Y Experience

Join NSLI-Y Interactive on October 26, 2023 at 7 PM ET for a virtual event featuring a panel of NSLI-Y Alumni. Alumni will be sharing their day-to-day experiences on the NSLI-Y program.
Corbin with his host family in Taiwan

Chinese (Mandarin)

NSLI-Y Honors National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month: Corbin

NSLI-Y Honors National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month. Corbin, a 2022-23 Chinese Academic Year alum, shares why he decided to participate in NSLI-Y and how his experience has benefitted his future career goals.
Alejandra dressed in traditional Moroccan attire.

Arabic

NSLI-Y Honors National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month: Alejandra Orozco

NSLI-Y honors National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month. Alejandra works as a Latin America Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan. She shares how participating in NSLI-Y provided her with a more global perspective in her professional interests.
Greta on program

Korean

Alumni Spotlight: Greta Received 2023 Rangel Summer Enrichment Scholarship

NSLI-Y is proud to feature Greta Cortez, an alumna of the 2020 and 2021 summer Korean programs who was awarded the Charles B. Rangel Summer Enrichment Program Scholarship in 2023.
Daniel while on the NSLI-Y program standing on a bridge in front of a river.

Chinese (Mandarin)

Alumni Spotlight: Daniel Combines Love of Languages with Interest in Tech

Daniel, an alum of the 2015 Summer Mandarin, is a software engineer at Duolingo. Daniel shares how understanding other languages helps him be successful in his career.
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Korean

Finding Family Abroad

Grace, an alum of the 2021 Virtual Korean and 2023 Korean Summer programs, reflects on her experience living with a host family. She shares how her host family helped her find her own home away from home.
Aidan giving a presentation (Photo Credit: Abel Arciniega)

Arabic

Alumni Spotlight: How NSLI-Y led Aidan to a Career in Arabic Instruction

Aidan had always been drawn to languages, but his NSLI-Y experience inspired him to become an Arabic teacher. Aidan shares details on his career and how he has become an Assistant Instructional Professor at the University of Chicago.
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Korean

Resonance

Samuel, a 2023 Korean Summer NSLI-Y alum, reflects on his childhood memories and how his NSLI-Y experience provided an opportunity to find a home away from home.
Students on a boat looking at the sunset

Hindi

Ganges River Cultural Excursion

The NSLI-Y Alumni Travel Program (ATP) provided students who were unable to travel due to COVID-19 an opportunity to take part in a shorter exchange and practice the language they learned through their virtual experience. For ATP students in India, an early morning visit to the Ganges River was the highlight.