Scholars Profiles

Alumni Voices: Ravi Ram

September 19, 2025

Being a Flinn Scholar was a life-changing experience because of three things in particular: (1) having immersive experiences across multiple countries and languages; (2) being part of the Flinn community: caring, intelligent, fun-loving, and curious Scholars with a multitude of…


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Alumni Voices: Arielle Silverman

August 15, 2025

I direct the research team at the American Foundation for the Blind, a national nonprofit working to create equal opportunities and expand possibilities for blind people like me. I get to lead a team of smart, motivated, mission-oriented researchers and…


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Alumni Voices: Jonathan Gandomi

July 18, 2025

Until July 1, I was serving as a senior advisor for policy and acting chief of staff to the coordinator of Prosper Africa, a U.S. Presidential-level initiative to increase trade and investment between the United States and African countries. Since…


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Alumni Voices: Renata Keller

July 02, 2025

Q: Can you share a little about your current role and what excites you most about your  work?  I’m currently an Associate Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Reno. I get to spend my time researching, teaching, and…


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Alumni Voices: Mia Armstrong-López

June 11, 2025

Flinn Scholar Class of 2015 Arizona State University Managing Editor, ASU Media Enterprise Q: Can you share a little about your current role and what excites you most about your work? I’m the managing editor at ASU Media Enterprise, which…


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Alumni Voices: Paul Michael Thomson

June 03, 2025

Flinn Scholar Class of 2011 University of Arizona Actor and Playwright Q: Can you share a little about your current role and what excites you most about your work? Like a millinery model, I wear many different hats! This includes…


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Flinn Scholar Trevor Barroero

April 01, 2023

In October of last year, Class of 2012 Flinn Scholar Trevor Barroero participated in an audition for perhaps his only chance—at least for the foreseeable future—to return to the city and state he loved with the position he had desired…


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