What being an exchange student did for me – and why every teen should have the same chance

What being an exchange student did for me – and why every teen should have the same chance

This is the speech I gave at the Rotary International Youth Exchange Officers 2023 Preconvention on 26 May 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. I am an alumna of the programme, which transformed my life.

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Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
Why your employer wants to cut your pay when you move

Why your employer wants to cut your pay when you move

Work is increasingly location-independent. Compensation still isn't.

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Isabelle Roughol
Essays
Why every child should spend a year abroad

Why every child should spend a year abroad

Episode 20 with Katherine Alexander-Dobrovolskaia

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Isabelle Roughol
Newsletters
017 | Reza Pakravan | How to become an explorer

017 | Reza Pakravan | How to become an explorer

Reza Pakravan has every kid's dream job title – explorer. He just released on Amazon Prime, his latest travel series "The World's Most Dangerous Borders" for which he traveled uninterrupted the width of Africa, across areas any foreign ministry generally tells you to keep clear

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Isabelle Roughol
Podcast episodes
Goodbye (home) office. Here's how to take your career on the road.

Goodbye (home) office. Here's how to take your career on the road.

Episode 006: Becoming a digital nomad, with Mandy Fransz.

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Isabelle Roughol
Newsletters
004 | Jamie Kanki | The Trump administration sends foreign students home

004 | Jamie Kanki | The Trump administration sends foreign students home

The Trump administration has reinstated the rule that forbids international students from staying in the US if they are taking online classes only. The rule had been relaxed in the spring because of the covid-19 pandemic. Now despite institutions such as Harvard planning to go entirely online in 2020-21, the

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Isabelle Roughol
Podcast episodes
Death, deportation or both: the rage episode

Death, deportation or both: the rage episode

The Trump administration's targeting of international students and the global bullying of immigrants during covid-19

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Isabelle Roughol
Newsletters
The must-have skill in a global job

The must-have skill in a global job

If you find yourself in charge of a team and product’s global expansion, language will be your most powerful tool.

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Isabelle Roughol
Global careers