Le Thi Binh is Community Solutions Program Fellow and a visiting scholar at the University of Pittsburgh IISE. She holds a master’s degree in Development Studies from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She has also worked extensively with many different organizations, including the Asian Development Bank, Vietnam Skills for Employment Project funded by the Canadian Government, and Open Resources Workshop funded by UNESCO Vietnam. She was also hired to carry out final evaluation for the project of helping trafficked women victims in Vietnam while being affiliated with some International colleagues to conduct the research on Gender issues, Sex Ration Imbalance at Birth – causes, policies and practices in Vietnam.

Sadie Alex and Mindy Roganti are M.Ed. students of the Social and Comparative Analysis in Education program at the School of Education. For Sadie’s undergraduate work, she studied at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, getting her degree in Middle Level Math Education. Mindy received her Bachelor’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology. This study abroad experience was their first time to Germany, and it was an eye-opening experience for both of them.