Staff
Araseli Valverde
Director of the Global Gap Year Fellowship
Araseli just joined the team as the Global Civic Engagement Coordinator. She is originally from Pinnacle, North Carolina, and a UNC alumna. She graduated from Carolina in 2020 with a double major in Global Studies and Romance Languages and a minor in Public Policy. During her time as a student,… Read More about Araseli Valverde. »
Friederike Seeger
Director of Community Engaged Learning and Student Development
Friederike is an international educator who is committed to guiding and mentoring students through experiential learning experiences and supporting them in reaching their personal and professional goals. Friederike previously served as director of Burch Programs and Honors Study Abroad at UNC from 2005-2015. During that time, she designed and managed… Read More about Friederike Seeger. »
Interns
Alyson Cabeza
Senior Global Office Intern
Alyson Cabeza is a senior from Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. She took a gap year through the Global Gap Year Fellowship. During her gap year, she lived and taught English in Hanoi, Vietnam. She traveled all throughout the country as well as visiting Singapore and Thailand. At UNC, Alyson is an… Read More about Alyson Cabeza. »
Angela Seo
Global Office Intern
Angela is a junior from Greensboro, North Carolina. She took a gap year through the Global Gap Year Fellowship and Global Citizen Year in 2019 to 2020. During her gap year, she lived in Natabuela, Ecuador and interned at Fábrica Imbabura, a national museum and cultural complex in Atuntaqui. At… Read More about Angela Seo. »
Nancy Alvarez Lopez
Global Office Intern
Nancy Alvarez Lopez is from Raleigh, North Carolina. She took a gap year through the Global Gap Year Fellowship in 2021-2022. During her gap year, she traveled to Arizona and Spain. Nancy volunteered at an Exotic Animal Hospital located in Phoenix, AZ and she volunteered as a bilingual interpreter at… Read More about Nancy Alvarez Lopez. »