WiDS 2023 Ambassadors

WiDS Ambassadors plan an event in their area that coincides with the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide Conference.
They host events in their regions supporting women who are currently ​in the field and ​inspiring other women to become data scientists.
Meet our WiDS Ambassador Advisory Council

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WiDS Americas Ambassadors
WiDS APAC Ambassadors
WiDS EMEA Ambassadors

 

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WiDS Ambassadors in the Americas

Aarushi Kalra, Providence, RI, USA

Abigail Dayana Guzmán Campos, San José, Costa Rica

Adela Deanova, New York City, NY, USA

Adriana Collaguazo, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Adriana Picoral, Tucson, AZ, USA

Adriana Reigota Silva, São Paulo, Brazil

Alejandra Fonseca Gómez, San José, Costa Rica

Alexandra Meza, San Francisco, CA, USA

Alicia Tsai, Berkeley, CA, USA

Amanda Milberg, San Francisco, CA, USA

Amy Kaczur, Cambridge, MA, USA

Ana Luna, Lima Peru

Ana Paula Appel, São Paulo, Brazil

Anabel Dubraska Suárez Cádiz, Medellin, Colombia

Andrea Isabel Freire Pesántez, Cuenca, Ecuador

Angela Patterson, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Angelina Leigh, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Ankita Paul, Paoli, PA, USA

Arthy Krishnamurthy, New York City, NY, USA

Arushi Jain, Cambridge, MA, USA

Ashley Brown-Harris, Apex, NC, USA

Aycan Hacioglu, Natick, MA, USA

Balya Shukla, New York City, NY, USA

Beenish Mehboob, Washougal, WA, USA

Bellanire Pinzón Cristancho, Medellin, Colombia

Benjamin Lopez, Managua, Nicaragua

Bethany McGowan, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Bhavani Thuraisingham, Richardson, TX, USA

Camila Gonzalez, Medellin, Colombia

Carolina Arias Rendón, Medellin, Colombia

Carolina Castañeda, Medellin, Colombia

Carlos Lessandro Lopes Rischioto, São Paulo, Brazil

Carmen Vaca, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Cassie Chuljian, New York City, NY, USA

Catalina Arango, Juno Beach, FL, USA

Catherine Chute, Cambridge, MA, USA

Catherine Zhang, Redwood City, CA, USA

Celine Liu, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Chandni Shah, New York City, NY, USA

Chelsea Parlett, Orange, CA, USA

Christy Bergman, San Francisco, CA, USA

Cristina Abad, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Cristina Menghini, Providence, RI, USA

Dana Lindquist, Seattle, WA, USA

Daniel Eilen, Orlando, FL, USA

Daniela Alvarez Zegarra, Arequipa, Peru

Daniela Landeta, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Danielle Brown, Arlington, VA, USA

Danielle Robinson, Santa Clara, CA, USA

Darlin Arias, Managua, Nicaragua

Deiry Sofía Navas Muriel, Medellin, Colombia

Devanshi Verma, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Dieta Hanson, Seattle, WA, USA

Donna LaLonde, Washington D.C., USA

Doris Schioberg, Berkeley, CA, USA

Duong Vu, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Elizabeth Morales Muñoz, Arequipa, Peru

Elke Rundensteiner, Worcester, MA, USA

Emilia Victoria Jácome Iñiguez, Monterrey, Mexico

Emma Huang, New York City, NY

Erin Stanton, New York City, NY, USA

Farwah Raza, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Fernanda Wanderley, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gabriela Arellano Bello, Dallas, Texas, USA

Gabriela Castro, Quito, Ecuador

Gabriele Hayden, Eugene, OR, USA

Geetanjali Krishna, Portland, OR, USA

Genesis Dayana Dondi Navarrete, Santo Domingo, Costa Rica

Georgia Kouyialis, New York City, NY, USA

Geri Dimas, Worcester, MA, USA

Giselle Sabbagh Debernardi, Monterrey, Mexico

Gislaine Mendonça, Jaboticabal, Brazil

Grace Woolson, Natick, MA, USA

Graziella Caputo, Katy, TX, USA

Grishma Jena, San Francisco, CA, USA

Hadis Karimipour, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Hajar Falih, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Hani Patel, Seattle, WA, USA

Heidi Steiner, Tucson, AZ, USA

Heydy Mayumy Carrasco Huaccha, Medellin, Colombia

Iris Herdy, Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Ivete Sanchez Bravo, Guanajuato, Mexico

Jacqueline Kuo, New York City, NY, USA

Jaideep Vaidya, Newark, NJ, USA

Jamie Fairclough, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Janete Ribeiro, São Paulo, Brazil

Jasmine Zou, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jean-Sebastien Provost, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jeff Katz, New York City, NY, USA

Jenica Andersen, Seattle, WA, USA

Jennifer Andrea Castañeda López, Medellin, Colombia

Jenny Lundberg, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Jessica Dunn, Charlotte, NC, USA

Jessica Meng, Redwood City, CA, USA

Joangie Márquez, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Jorge De León, Monterrey, Mexico

Juhua Hu, Tacoma, WA, USA

Julieth Stefanny Escobar Ramírez, Medellin, Colombia

Júnia Ortiz, Salvador, Brazil

Karianne Bergen, Providence, RI, USA

Katerine Valencia Chantre, Medellin, Colombia

Katie Gross, New York City, NY, USA

Kelly Hoang, San Jose, CA, USA

Kelly Stroh, Seattle, WA, USA

Kelsey Briggs, Worcester, MA, USA

Kimberly Villegas Jiménez, San José, Costa Rica

Kirsten Hoogenakker, San Francisco, CA, USA

Kirthi Shanbhag, Milpitas, CA, USA

Kisha López, San José, Costa Rica

Klaire Bielonko, Suffield, CT, USA

Kristin Mussar, Seattle, WA, USA

Kristhel Porras Mata, San José, Costa Rica

Kryssia Gomez, San José, Costa Rica

Lachlan Kermode, Providence, RI, USA

Larissa Lieberson, New York City, NY, USA

Laura Curiel, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Laura Gutierrez, Managua, Nicaragua

Laura López Bedoya, Medellin, Colombia

Laura Tipton, Honolulu, HI, USA

Lauren DiPerna, San Francisco, CA, USA

Laurence Biron, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Leidy Johana Saldaña, Medellin, Colombia

Letetia Addison, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Lilia Quituisaca-Samaniego, Quito, Ecuador

Linda Karina García Rubiano, Medellin, Colombia

Lisa Kaplowitz, Newark, NJ, USA

Lissette Melendez, Juno Beach, FL, USA

Loreto Bravo, Santiago, Chile

Loretta Chan, Passaic, NJ, USA

Louisa Reilly, Seattle, WA, USA

Louvere Walker-Hannon, Boston, MA, USA

Lucia Haro, Lima, Peru

Lucie Luneau, New York City, NY, USA

Luisa Fernanda Marin Lopez, Medellin, Colombia

Luisa Fernanda Toro Fernandez, Medellin, Colombia

Madlen Ivanova, Charlotte, NC, USA

Maggie Wolff, Chicago, IL, USA

Mahtab Hamid, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Maitetxu Larraechea, Santiago, Chile

Mallory Nobles, Stanford, CA, USA

Manogna Mantripragada, Atlanta, GA, USA

Maria Alexandra Lizano Jimenez, San José, Costa Rica

María Fernanda Castro Benavides, Medellin, Colombia

María Isabel Salvador, Quito, Ecuador

María Laura Minuet, Córdoba, Argentina

Maria Nela Pastuizaca, Guayaquil, Ecuador

María Paula Castro Borbón, San José, Costa Rica

Maria Sanchez, New York City, NY, USA

Maria Valentina Ariza Gomez, Medellin, Colombia

Mario Chong, Lima, Peru

Marisa Torres, Livermore, CA, USA

Martha Crosby, Honolulu, HI, USA

Mary Purk, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Mary Silva, Livermore, CA, USA

Meghana Joshi, Seattle, WA, USA

Mena Whalen, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Merve Apalak, Dallas, TX, USA

Michelle Rodriguez, Lima, Peru

Mohammad Tanvir Anjum, Bennington, VT, USA

Mónica Lorieth Dorado Achinte, Medellin, Colombia

Nadia Wood, Rochester, MN, USA

Nahomy Montero Picado, San José, Costa Rica

Namratha Sri Mateti, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Natalie Rubenstein, Evanston, IL, USA

Natasha Mattson, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Nayane Maia, Jaboticabal, Brazil

Nazneen Kotwal, Waltham, MA, USA

Neha Sardesai, Natick, Massachusetts, USA

Nelci Gomes Lima, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Nicole Vílchez Mejías, San José, Costa Rica

Nikhil Madan, Cupertino, CA, USA

Niki Karanikola, Bennington, VT, USA

Nishrin Kachwala, Mountain View, CA, USA

Olivia Lee, Evanston, IL, USA

Oriana Osorio, Medellin, Colombia

Pamela Reynolds, Davis, CA, USA

Patricia Acosta-Vargas, Quito, Ecuador

Priya Shivaani Chauhan, Irvine, CA USA

Rachel Ballew, San Antonio, TX

Rachel Dutcher, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Rachel Warren, New York City, NY, USA

Raquel Gómez Salazar, San José, Costa Rica

Rebecca Grollman, Seattle, WA, USA

Rebecca James, Durham, NC, USA

Rittika Shamsuddin, Stillwater, OK, USA

Rina Marcela Plata López, Medellin, Colombia

Rutuja Sanjay Dhanawade, Boston, MA, USA

Sadia Kamal, Stillwater, OK, USA

Sakshi Sharma, Charlotte, NC, USA

Sally Lawler Kennedy, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Samantha Wilairat, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Sandhya Nayak, New York City, NY, USA

Sandy Atencio Hernández, Medellin, Colombia

Sandy Paola Calderon Lesmes, Medellin, Colombia

Sarah Cantu, Houston, TX, USA

Saranya Vaithilingam, Boston, MA, USA

Serena Lan, New York City, NY, USA

Shereese Maynard, MS, MBA, Salisbury, MD, USA

Shivani Modi, Redwood City, CA, USA

Shivani Mudhol, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Sibongile Touré, New York City, NY, USA

Silvana Fuentes Borda, San José, Costa Rica

Silvia Adriana Ramos, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Silvia Ramírez, Managua, Nicaragua

Simran Kota, Seattle, WA, USA

Sneha Varghese, New York City, NY, USA

Sofía Ramírez, San José, Costa Rica

Sol Mayra Lozano, Medellin, Colombia

Sruti Mallik, Redwood City, CA, USA

Sukanya Aswini Dutta, Seattle, WA, USA

Surbhi Sheth-Shah, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Susanne Still, Honolulu, HI, USA

Swagata Ashwani, Nashville, TN, USA

Taida Buljina-Prohic, New York City, NY, USA

Tannia Rivera, San Jose, Costa Rica

Thanh Truc Nguyen, Honolulu, HI, USA

Vaibhavi Gaekwad, Seattle, WA, USA

Valentina Peña, New York City, NY, USA

Vanishri Murali, New York City, NY

Vasanthi Gopal, New York City, NY, USA

Vidhi Sapru, Chicago, IL, USA

Vijayalaksmi Atluri, Newark, NJ, USA

Viviana Posada Restrepo, Medellin, Colombia

Wei Zakharov, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Wendy Martinez, Washington D.C., USA

Xiang Li, Santa Clara, CA, USA

Yadira Castillo, San José, Costa Rica

Yancy Feng Wen, San José, Costa Rica

Yanina Iberra, Córdoba, Argentina

Yashashri Shiral, Boston, MA, USA

Yemasu Amelia de las Mercedes Perez, Medellin, Colombia

Yennifer Gómez, Medellin, Colombia

Yingzhuo (Joyce) Fu, Riverside, CA, USA

Yu Han Huang, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Yuliany Andrea Rojas Londoño, Medellin, Colombia

Zeyneb Kaya, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Zoe Seznec Sweetland, Philadelphia, PA, USA

 

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WiDS Ambassadors in Asia Pacific (APAC)

Aarthi Kumar, Chennai, India

Afreen Aman, Bangalore, India

Alana Kirby, Melbourne, Australia

Anthony Guiot, Ha Noi, Vietnam

Anvitha Vijay, Sydney, Australia

Aya Tokura, Tokyo, Japan

Barkha Jain, Pimpri-Chinchwad, India

Bhavna Saini, Jaipur, India

Bilegsaikhan Bayarsaikhan, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Professor Bing Xue, Wellington, New Zealand

Binu Midhun, Gurugram, India

Bushra Waheed, Lahore, Pakistan

Charmaine McGowan, Canberra, Australia

Chia-Lun Shih, Taipei City, Taiwan

Chiu Chia-Yi, Taipei City, Taiwan

Denise Choe, Shanghai, China

Dinesh Kumar, Bangalore, India

Dipti Kumari, Delhi, India

Drishti Jain, Pimpri-Chinchwad, India

Dulari Bhatt, Ahmedabad, India

Hamna Qaseem, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Harini Anand, Bangalore, India

Harini Thammaiah, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

He Fang Zhang, Beijing, China

Imai Jen-La Plante, Seoul, South Korea

Iram Naim, Bareilly, India

Jade Carson, Canberra, Australia

Jaimin Desai, Mumbai, India

Joshikaa R, Bangalore, India

Kashika Wanchoo, Mumbai, India

Kate Kolich, Wellington, New Zealand

Katherine Zhang, Shanghai, China

Kurara Kainuma, Shanghai, China

Kyoko Nishito, Tokyo, Japan

Linh Nguyen Tran Ngoc, Ha Noi, Vietnam

Manisha Panta, Kathmandu, Nepal

Manogna Nadella, Bangalore, India

Maria Prokofieva, Melbourne, Australia

Marino Yamamoto, Kagawa, Japan

Meena Maralappanavar, Hubballi, India

Mia Huang, Shanghai, China

Morag Meyer, Shanghai, China

Nasim Bano, Singapore, Singapore

Nathira Wijemanne, Negombo, Sri Lanka

Nazish Shahid, Lahore, Pakistan

Nicola MacLennan, Canberra, Australia

Noriko Katoh, Tokyo, Japan

Noriko Miyazaki, Tokyo, Japan

Padmashree Desai, Hubballi, India

Pallavi Pannu, Bangalore, India

Prakriti Shetty, Mumbai, India

Rachel Cardell-Oliver, Perth, Australia

Reecha Khanal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Renzhi Jing, Beijing, China

Riti Dass, Bangalore, India

Sagar Mukim, Mumbai, India

Sandalika Weerasuriya, Negombo, Sri Lanka

Shailaja Grover, Bangalore, India

Sherree Pudney, Perth, Australia

Sheena Nasim, Singapore, Singapore

Shiemaa Adlan, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Siddiqi Bishkek, Bishkek, Kyrgystan

Sneha Chawan, Pune, India

Sujatha C, Hubballi, India

Sulakshana Sreeram, Hyderabad, India

Swati Saxena, Shanghai, China

Timothy Macuga, Brisbane, Australia

Tomoko Matsunaga, Singapore, Singapore

Ung Kim Phuong, Ha Noi, Vietnam

Usha Rengaraju, Mysuru, India

Uyanga Sumiya, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Vicent Osabel, Singapore, Singapore

Vimukthini Jayalath, Negombo, Sri Lanka

Yoko Ono, Tokyo, Japan

Yuh Sarah Datwani, Singapore, Singapore

Yukiko Kan, Hiroshima, Japan

Yun-Ju Sun, Taipei City, Taiwan

 

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WiDS Ambassadors in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Abeer Haroon, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abeer Selim, Cairo, Egypt

Adela Deanova, Madrid, Spain

Alexandra Gunderson, Oslo, Norway

Amal Al-Saqqaf, Taiz, Yemen

Amira Yassin, Cairo, Egypt

Ana Villacañas, Madrid, Spain

Anita Kloss-Brandstätter, Villach, Austria

Anna Baecklund, Stockholm, Sweden

Anne-Sophie Waag, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Antonina Danylenko, Stockholm, Sweden

Are Al-Wabil, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Aseel Addawood, KSA, Saudi Arabia

Asma Yamani, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Audrey Repetti, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Barbara Livieri, Stockholm, Sweden

Bathsheba Akua Amankwah Darko, Erlangen, Germany

Batool Almarzouq, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Bunmi Akinremi, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Camilla Nieman, Madrid, Spain

Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero, Madrid, Spain

Carol Muchemi, Nairobi, Kenya

Catriona Mitchison, Geneva, Switzerland

Celine Louise Dyran Smith, Oslo, Norway

Celine Xu, Stockholm, Sweden

Chang Sun, Maastricht, Netherlands

Chelsea Adetan, Lagos, Nigeria

Chinazor Vivian Kalu, Birmingham, England, UK

Christiana Onoja, Lagos, Nigeria

Christine Muthee, Nairobi, Kenya

Clara Lapiedra, Barcelona & Madrid, Spain

Cristina Gil Rey, Coruña, Spain

Daniela Ackermann Piek, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Denyse Perez de Vera, Milan, Italy

Diaaeldin Taha, Alexandria, Egypt

Diana Mutheu, Nairobi, Kenya

Dimitra Blana, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Dina Sayed, Cairo, Egypt

Ehsan Shams, Alexandria, Egypt

Elisabeth Moser, Regensburg, Germany

Dr. Elham Kariri, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Emilie Stojanowski, Madrid, Spain

Eva Vandalee, Zürich, Switzerland

Eva-Marie Muller-Stuler, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Farah Albibi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Fatma Masmoudi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Florian Hatt, Geneva, Switzerland

Franziska Nestler, Chemnitz, Germany

Frauke Kreuter, Munich, Germany

Galina Esther Shubina, Stockholm, Sweden

Gavita Regunath, Kenilworth, UK

George Njehia, Nairobi, Kenya

Gule Saman, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Hanadi Wali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hazel Wat, Mannheim, Germany

Heba K. Abdelmoez, Cairo, Egypt

Heba Saleh, Cairo, Egypt

Hebah ElGibreen, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hebatallah Shoukry, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Heidi Dahl, Oslo, Norway

Hind Zantout, Dubai, UAE

Iibukunoluwa Ogunnaike, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Imoleayomide Ajayi, Loughborough, England, UK

Irene Jimenez, Madrid, Spain

Irene Unceta, Barcelona, Spain

Isidora Gatarić, Belgrade, Serbia

Iulia Pasov, Munich, Germany

Jackline Waithira, Nairobi, Kenya

Jeniffer Mukami, Nairobi, Kenya

Jennifer Vlasiu, Cape Town, South Africa

Jenny Corcoran, Dublin, Ireland

Kathrin Morosow, Manchester, United Kingdom

Karina Gibert, Barcelona, Spain

Katharina Burgdorf, Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Kathleen Myrestam, Stockholm, Sweden

Khairat Ayinde, Lagos, Nigeria

Lama Moussawi, Beirut, Lebanon

Lea Cohausz, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Lena Badalyan, Yerevan, Armenia

Lena Carel, Geneva, Switzerland

Lily Battershill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Lubomir Kovarik, Prague, Czech Republic

Lynn Peters, Abuja, Nigeria

Madel Partida, Madrid, Spain

Mahadia Tunga, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Mahathi Parvatham, Coventry, England, UK

Maheen Haseeb, Dubai, UAE

Malak AlQahtani, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mariette Awad, Beirut, Lebanon

Marisabel Gonzalez Ocanto, Mannheim, Germany

Marjana Skenduli, Tirana, Albania

Maryam Amir Haeri, Enschede Netherlands

Meike Bonefeld, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Melissa Torgbi, London, England, UK

Mia Ryan, Oslo, Norway

Milka Wafula, Milimani, Kenya

Millicent Ochieng, Nairobi, Kenya

Mónica De-Pablos-Heredero, Madrid, Spain

Muniba Talha, Copenhagen, Denmark

Myriam Fayad, Paris, France

Nancy Larre, Madrid, Spain

Natalia Koryakovtseva, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Nataly Buslón Valdez, Barcelona, Spain

Nikki Law, Bexley, England, UK

Nitzan Gado, Tel Aviv, Israel

Noah Eyal Altman, Tel Aviv, Israel

Nuha Al-Shaibani, Taiz, Yemen

Núria Agell, Barcelona, Spain

Núria Castell Ariño, Barcelona, Spain

Nutsa Abazadze, Tbilisi, Georgia

Olivia Pfeiler, Villach, Austria

Or Basson, Tel Aviv, Israel

Oriette Nayel, Cairo, Egypt

Özlem Doger-Herter, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany

Patricia Ferreiro Alonso, Zürich, Switzerland

Paula Petrone, Barcelona, Spain

Philomena Githiri, Nairobi, Kenya

Rebecka Storm, Stockholm, Sweden

Raghad Alziyady, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Roos Rooijakkers, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Sahar Asadi, Stockholm, Sweden

Saida Alipanahova, Baku, Azerbaijan

Samar Sadat, Cairo, Egypt

Sara Najem, Beirut, Lebanon

Sara Noeman, Cairo, Egypt

Serena Yuen, Madrid, Spain

Sheri Shamlou, Oslo, Norway

Dr. Shrooq Alsenan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Silvia Fierascu, Timisoara, Romania

Stephanie Griffiths, Madrid, Spain

Stéphanie van den Berg, Enschede, Netherlands

Stella Shafadiaev, Berlin, Germany

Sulfa Almagooshi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sumakshi Chauhan, London, England, UK

Susan Nyambura, Nairobi, Kenya

Professor Tanzila Saba, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Tatiana Gherman, Northampton, United Kingdom

Tatjana Kecojevic, Manchester, United Kingdom

Tayaba Malik, Copenhagen, Denmark

Temitope Adeniyi, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Tereza Vankova, Prague, Czech Republic

Theresa Wagner, Chemnitz, Germany

Tijana Radović, Belgrade, Serbia

Tshinakaho Malesa, Cape Town, South Africa

Ursula Wellington, Accra, Ghana

Valentine Reltien, Madrid, Spain

Visara Urovi, Maastricht, Netherlands

Yan Wang, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Zaher Al-Sai, Amman, Jordan

Zaynab Elmawardy, Madrid, Spain