Staff

Araseli Valverde

Director of the Global Gap Year Fellowship

Hi, I’m Araseli (R-uh-cell-E), and I’m the Director of the Global Gap Fellowship Program located at the Campus Y building at UNC. I’m originally from Pinnacle, North Carolina, but UNC is technically my second home. I graduated here with a double major in Global Studies and Romance Languages and a… Read More about Araseli Valverde. »

Amber Grant

Global Office Intern

Amber Grant is from Salem, Massachusetts and spent five years near Pinehurst, North Carolina before attending UNC. She took a gap year through the Global Gap Year Fellowship in 2021-2022. During her gap year, Amber traveled much of the Western United States. Amber volunteered on the Cheyenne River Reservation in… Read More about Amber Grant. »

Liam Railsback

Liam is a first-year student 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… Read More about Liam Railsback. »

Rhenna Hatton

Rhenna is a 2023-2024 Global Gap Year Fellow studying Environmental Studies, Statistics & Analytics, and Data Science. During her gap year, she interned in Tartu, Estonia with Friends of the Earth International, a climate advocacy nonprofit focused on environmental justice initiatives. In the second half of her gap year, she… Read More about Rhenna Hatton. »

Amanda Jesuca

  Amanda is a 2023-2024 Global Gap Year Fellow studying philosophy and anthropology. During her gap year, she interned in San Diego with Words Alive, a literary non-profit focused on developing programs that inspire life-long readers through reading, and tutored with the Barrio Logan College Institute. In the second half… Read More about Amanda Jesuca. »