Taylor Molina
Taylor Molina is a UNC graduate originally from the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut). Prior to being the director, Taylor took a gap year through GGYF herself where she co-taught English in Ecuador with a local English teacher. She also took a bridge year where she was a conservation educator at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, worked with a belonging consultant, and did a month long NOLS sailing course in Mexico. She has work experience with local non-profits all the way up to corporate Walmart, the Fortune 1. Through it all Taylor has found her three north stars which are education, sustainability, and belonging efforts. She cares deeply about investing in people and loves being able to do so in this role to positively impact people’s lives just as this program did for her.
Interns
Amanda Jesuca
Amanda is a senior Morehead-Cain scholar and Philips Ambassador studying philosophy and public policy
She is a Global Office Intern for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 academic years.
Douglas Teixeira
Known on campus as Doug, Douglas is a Brazilian international student majoring in Psychology. Douglas is driven by community-centered leadership, creativity, empathy and he holds a deep commitment to building kinder and resilient societies. Douglas lived in three countries, had taken an international gap year and speaks four languages. Douglas has a passion for travel, having visited more then 17 countries, he loves interacting with new cultures through cooking and service.
Liam Railsback
Liam is a junior from High Point, North Carolina. During his gap year, he spent nine months in Rabat, Morocco where he had three service placements. He worked at a community center where he helped with youth and environmental programs. He was also an assistant English teacher at an afterschool center, and a member of a youth media and development collective. In his free time, he enjoyed walking by the ocean, surfing, singing at open mic nights, and exploring new neighborhoods. At UNC, Liam studies Global Studies, Arabic, and Spanish. He is a member of the Arabic Debate Club, Mutakalimeen Arabic Conversation Club, and Tarpeggios Mixed-voice A Capella group. He is passionate about engaging with a diverse range of students through GGYF so that they can have transformative experiences abroad like he did.
He is a Global Office Intern for the 2025-26 school year.
Mica Cole
Mica is a Junior Blue Sky Scholar from Connecticut.
Mil Laursen
Mil is a senior studying Environmental Health Sciences and Engineering at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. They took their gap year in 2022-2023 and spent time in Puerto Rico, Wisconsin, Egypt, Italy, and Croatia, focusing on disability advocacy and life-sharing. They love travelling, dancing, being outside, sailing, serve as a Gap Year Consultant for GGYF, and hope to encourage other students to “take the leap” to do what they love.