Career Impact
Where are they now?
Every year, a diversity of students representing different colleges, universities, and majors study abroad with SIT. Many go on to do amazing things. Meet a few of our alumni and learn what they’re now doing.
Volunteer and Residence Coordinator
Alumni Name: Carrie Miller
SIT Program: IHP Health and Community
Undergraduate Major: International Studies
Graduated From: Kenyon College
Current position and Affiliation: Volunteer and Residence Coordinator, Midwives for Haiti
Job Location: Hinche, Haiti
7th grade English language arts teacher
Alumni Name: Isabel Yalouris
SIT Program: Samoa: Pacific Island Studies
Undergraduate Major: English; Adolescent Education
Graduated From: Bates College, Lewiston, Maine; Pace University, New York, NY
Current position and Affiliation: 7th grade English language arts teacher
Job Location: New York City
Executive Director (US)
Alumni Name: Amanda Brown
SIT Program: IHP/Comparative: Human Rights
Undergraduate Major: Peace and Conflict Studies
Graduated From: Colgate University (BA)
Current position and Affiliation: USA Executive Director, Children and Youth First
Job Location: Morristown, NJ, and Kathmandu, Nepal
Program and Curriculum Developer
Alumni Name: Jordan Ashwood
SIT Program: South Africa: Education and Social Change
Undergraduate Major: Sociology
Graduated From: Harvard College
Current position and Affiliation: Program and Curriculum Developer, EF Education First
Job Location: Boston, MA, and internationally
Structural Engineer
Alumni Name: Steve Peterson
SIT Program: Iceland: Renewable Energy, Technology, and Resource Economics
Undergraduate Major: Civil Engineering
Graduated From: Rice University
Current position and Affiliation: Structural Engineer, CB&I
Job Location: Plainfield, IL
Fulbright Scholar
Alumni Name: Jacob Eichengreen
SIT Program: Uganda and Rwanda: Peace and Conflict Studies in the Lake Victoria Basin
Undergraduate Major: College of Social Studies (an interdisciplinary history,government, economics, and social theory program)
Graduated From: Wesleyan University
Current position and Affiliation: Fulbright Student, Fulbright US Student Program
Job Location: Kampala, Uganda, and elsewhere in Uganda
Accounting Intern, Entrepreneur
Alumni Name: Shane Evans
SIT Program: Jordan: Intensive Arabic Language Studies
Undergraduate Major: Accounting
Graduated From: Colorado State University (anticipated graduation, May 2016)
Current position and Affiliation: Accounting Intern, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Job Location: Ramallah, Palestine
When Shane returned home from his SIT program in Jordan, he started Bedouin Coffee, a small business inspired by his time abroad.
New York City Urban Fellow
Alumni Name: Rebecca Darin Goldberg
SIT Program: Madagascar: Traditional Medicine and Healthcare Systems
Undergraduate Major: Public Health and American Studies
Graduated From: Tufts University
Current position and Affiliation: New York City Urban Fellow, City of New York, Department of Citywide Administrative Services
Job Location: New York, NY
Process Architect
Alumni Name: George Le
SIT Program: China: Community Health and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Undergraduate Major: Biology
Graduated From: Yale University
Current position and Affiliation: Process Architect, Oscar Health
Job Location: New York, NY