Where We Go to Learn About the World

Have you ever wanted to learn about the culture of some country, but have never been able to visit and, perhaps, will likely never get to visit? Is there a country you would like to get to know some other students on a personal level? Or work and collaborate with students from that country?

Below are the countries represented by at least one Top 50 Finalist in the Global Teacher Prize since 2015. If you are interested in any of these countries, there is a decent chance you can make a connection! Don't be shy in letting Doc V know!

Afghanistan
Azizullah Royesh, 15

Albania
Liljana Luani, 19

Argentina
Ines Bulacio, 15
Silvana Corso 17
Graciana Goicoechandia 16

Gisela Gomez, 21
Maria Cristina Gomez, 19
Mariela Guadagnoli, 20

Bruno Guillen, 23
Cecilia Carolina Munoz, 20
Martin Salvetti, 19
Silvana Andrea Carnicero Sanguinetti, 18

Karina Sarro, 25
German Alberto Soto, 18

Ana Stelman, 21

Lucas Daniel Vogel, 25

Australia

Rosie Connelly, 25

Brett Dascombe, 25
Peter Gurrier-Jones, 19
Alexandra Harper, 15
Richard Johnson, 17

Brendan Kenna, 23
Wilbur Klein, 18

Steven Kolber, 21
Sarah Mathews, 18
Cameron Paterson, 15

Ian Preston, 23
Yasodai Selvakumaran, 19
Ken Silburn, 17
Ashley Stewart, 20

Rebecca West, 21
Christian Williams, 16
Eddie Woo,18

Austria 

Mohamed Al Hashoum, 25

Bahrain

Isa Abbas, 23

Zainab Saeed Salman, 25

Bangladesh
Shahanaj Parvin, 17

Belgium
Christoph Schiebold, 19
Koen Timmers, 17 & 18

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Danilo Kovac, 25

Brazil
Marcio Batista, 16

Greiton De Azevedo, 21
Doani Emanuela Bertan, 20

Alberto Rodrigues Dos Santos, 23
Jayse Ferreira, 19
Rubens Ferronato, 18
Francisco Celso Leitao Freitas, 20
Debora Garofalo, 19
Diego Mahfouz Farina Lima, 18
Lilia Melo, 20
Wemerson da Silva Nogueira, 17
Valter Pereiade Menezes, 17

Helder Guastti da Silva, 25

Cambodia
Phalla Neang, 15

Canada
Balinda Daniels, 16
Armand Doucet, 17
Ian Fogarty, 19
Yvan Girouard, 17
Joe Grabowski, 18
Scott Hebert, 20

Breanna Heels, 21
Maggie MacDonnell, 17 (GTP Winner)

Annie Ohana, 23
Mark Reid, 15
Steve Revington, 15
Sean Robinson, 19

Ann Marie Vanneste, 25
Glenn Wagner, 15

Chile
Marcela Lisette Henriquez Aravena, 18

Geisha Bonilla Cortes, 23

Hans Diaz, 25

Luciana Ortega, 25
Felipe Ramirez, 19
Mario Rodrigo Santibanez Caro, 17
Eligio Rene Salamanca Navarrete, 17
Paulino Perez Vera, 20

China
Michael Baldwin (from Texas)  15

Cristobal Basso, 21
Ronnie Cheng 17
Wu Rongjin, 20

Wang Rui, 23
Yu Shuming, 19
Boya Yang, 17
Dongmei Yang, 18

Colombia
Jhon Alexander Echeverri Acosta, 18
Alexander Rubio Alvarez, 17
Sindey Carolina Bernal, 20
Katerine Cardenas, 16

Ramon Maje Floriano, 25
Luis Emiro Ramirez Gomez, 19
Luis Miguel Bermudez Gutierrez, 18

Eduardo Leon, 21

Zamir Montero, 25

William Caldera Pantoja, 23
Carlos Enrique Sanchez Santamaria, 18

Costa Rica

Manuel Chavas Quiros, 23

Czech Republic

Stepanka Baierlova, 21
Tomas Chrobak, 20

Democratic Republic of Congo

Therese Mabaka Angelani, 23

Dominican Republic

Rosaliz Calderon, 21

Gloria Mella Cuevas, 23

Ecuador

Jose Diego Caiza Guevara, 21

Jorge Patric Pena Guevara, 25

Lucila Suarez Santillan, 23

Egypt
Gamal Alkady, 16

Estonia
Merit Karise, 15

Finland
Maarit Rossi, 16
Jukka Sinnemaki, 18

France

Juline Anquetin-Rault, 21

Gaelle Assoune, 21
Marie-Helene Fasquel-Erhart, 17
Anne Fischer, 19

Nicolas Gaube, 23

Celine Haller, 25
Patrick Saoula, 18

Georgia
Vladimer Apkhazava, 19

Germany
Marie-Christine Ghanbari-Jahrami, 17
Mareike Hachemer, 15

Ghana
Sitsofe Enyonam Anku, 18

Eric Asomani Asante, 23
Robert Gbarik Gariba, 19

Stella Gyimaah Larbi, 25

Evans Odei, 21

Faith Senyo, 25

Greece
Ourania Lampou, 19
Aggeliki Pappa, 16 & 17

Marina Zachariah, 23

Ioanna Zafeiriou, 25

Haiti
Guy Etienne, 15

India
Dhaval Bathia, 16
Kiran Bir Sethi 15
Robin Chaurasiya 16
Bijal Damani, 15
Ranjitsinh Disale, 20 (GTP Winner)
Vineeta Garg, 20
Santhi Karamcheti, 16
Rashmi Kathuria 16

Mohammad Imran Khan Mewati, 25

Satyam Mishra, 21

Meghana Musunuri, 21

Deep Narayan Nayak, 23
Pradeep Negi, 18

Hari Krishna Patacharu, 23
Shuvajit Payne, 20
Hira Prasad,15
Arti Qanungo, 19
Swaroop Rawal, 19
Kavita Sanghvi, 17

Indonesia
Hikmah Mulia Dewi, 19
Aris Kukuh Prasetyo, 20

Muhammadd Akbar Rafsanzani, 25

Lia Laela Sarah, 23
Dayang Suriani, 17
Ahmad Wahono, 18

Iran
Ferdos Hajian, 17

Soraya Motaharnia, 21

Italy

Katja Battaglia, 23
Daniela Boscolo 15
Lorella Carimali, 18

Leonardo Durante, 21

Giuseppe Fiamingo, 25
Daniele Manni, 15
Carlo Mazzone, 20
Giuseppe Paschetto, 19
Armando Persico, 17
Barbara Riccardi, 16

Jamaica
Tracy-Ann Hall, 17

Japan
Mio Horio, 18

Yuji Matsuda, 23
Michael Pope, 20
Momiji Sakimura, 20

Shinya Sanzen, 25

Mari Sawa, 21
Hidekazu Shoto, 19
Kazuya Takahashi 16
Keigo Takeuchi, 20

Jordan
Nesrin Al Bakaeen 16
Rowaida Al Jariri, 19
Hanan Al-Madaheen 15
Randa Aziz 15
Sahar Fayyad 17
Samar Hassan Morshed Nazzal, 18

Kenya
Linah Anyango, 20

Millicent Cassianes, 23
Maina Gioko, 19
Abdikadir Ismail, 18
Michael Kagwa 16
Jacque Kahura 15
Ayub Mohamud, 16

Dominic Orina, 25
Peter Tabichi, 19 (GTP Winner)
Michael Wamaya, 17

Khazakhstan

Aigul Ishangaliyeva, 23

Askhat Zhumabekov, 21

Latvia
Dana Narvaisa, 15

Lebanon
Ghassan Antoun, 19
Hiba Ballout, 18

Lesotho
Thejane Malakane, 19

Luxembourg

Lucas Schildknecht, 25

Macedonia
Vese Bogdanovic 15

Madagascar
Hajarivony Faly 15

Malawi

Jane Chikapa, 21
Chifuniro M'manga-Kamwendo, 19

Tionge Mtambo, 25
Andrews Nchessie 15

Malaysia

Wan Muadzam Wan Abidin, 23
Yasmin Amin, 15
Muhamad Khairul Anuar bin Hussin, 19
Mohd Sirhajwan Idek, 17
Samuel Isaiah, 20
Vanesri Kasi 16

Norhailmi Abdul Mutalib, 20
Muhammad Nazmi, 25

K.A. Razhiyah, 18
Madenjit Singh 15
Noorjahan Sultan 16

Mexico
Gustavo Calderon de Anda, 20
Elisa Guerra Cruz, 15 and 16

Maytee Guadalupe Gonzalez Reyna, 25

Jesus Castaneda Rivera, 25

Diana Lorena Rubio, 21

Morocco
Souad Belcaid (now in Massachusetts) 15

Laila El Baghazaoui, 23
Charif Hamidi, 19

Abdallah Wahbi, 21

Nepal
Shamser Bahadur Thapa, 19
Binod Shahi, 18

Netherlands

Kirsten Cuppen, 21
Jelmer Evers, 15 & 16
Daisy Mertens, 19
Jasper Ripjma, 17

New Zealand

Subash Chandar K, 25

Nigeria

Adeola Adefemi, 21

Olusegun Adeniyi, 21

Kayode Adewale, 25

Stephanie Akinwoya, 23
Itodo Anthony, 18
Soji Megbowon, 19
Ayodele Odeogbola, 18
Olasunkanmi Opeifa, 20

Peace Sule, 23

North Macedonia

Ile Mihajlovski, 25

Norway
Barbara Zielonka, 18

Oman
Ali Al Matari 17

Gayatri Narasimhan, 25

Pakistan
Neelofar Ali 16
Aqeela Asifi 16
Humaira Bachal 16
Salima Begum 17

Sister Zeph, 23 (GTP Winner)

Palastine
Hanan Al Hroub, 16 (GTP Winner)

Eyad Alsouqi, 23
Abeer Quinaibi, 17

Nesreen Qutainah, 21
Jawdat Sisan 16
Fidaq Zaatar 16
Rana Ziada, 19

Paraguay
Felix Gimenez 16
Favio Hernan Chavez Moran, 20

Peru
Juanraul Cadilloleon, 17
Santos Guillermo Guevara Ruiz, 20

Aleyda Leyva, 21

Melecio Tito Mamani, 25

Danny Bernales Sotomayor, 23

Phillippines

Bryant Acar, 21
Venus Alboruto, 19
Windel Alvarez, 20
Ryan Homan, 18
Jesus Insilada 18

Junmerth Jorta, 25

Sadat Minandang, 23

Michelle Rubio, 21
Francis Tuscano 17

Poland
Magdalena Dygala, 19

Marek Grzywna, 25
Jolanta Okuniewska, 16
Prezmyslaw Staron, 20
Mariusz Zyngier, 17

Portugal
Joao Couvaneiro 17

Sonia Moreira, 21
Cristina Simoes, 20
Jose Jorge Teixeira, 19

Puerto Rico

Bryan Rivera, 23

Romania
Manuela Prajea 16

Ana-Maria Rusu, 23

Mirela Tanc, 21

Russia
Alexander Chupahin, 16
Lusine Jhangiryan, 20

Almaz Khamidullin, 21
Nataliia Kiseleva, 18

Saudi Arabia
Sultan Alanazi, 20

Zakiah Al-Lahyani, 25

Mansour Al Mansour, 25

Nora Al Suroor, 23

Ali Alzahrani, 21

Senegal
Assane Ndiaye, 19

Serbia
Ivana Kovacevic, 20

Andreja Pavlovic, 25
Zeljana Radojicic-Lukic, 18
Katarina Veljkovic, 19

Sierra Leone
Miriam Mason-Sesay 16

Singapore
Muhammad Bin Amir 16
Philip Tan, 17

Slovakia

Iveta Barkova, 21

Slovenia

Uros Ocepek, 23

South Africa
Marjorie Brown, 18
Colleen Henning, 15
Wendy Horn, 18
Mokhudu Machaba, 20

Mokolwane Masweneng, 23

Ali Mokgalaka, 25
Phuti Ragophala, 17
Warren Sparrow, 16

Mariette Wheeler, 23

South Korea
Yun Jeonng-Hyun, 20

Chansoo Park, 21

Spain

Toni Garcia Arias, 23
David Calle, 17
Xuxo Ruiz Dominquez, 18
Cesar Garcia 15

Constanza La Grotteria, 21
Antonio Perez Moreno, 20

Angel Luis Gonzalez Serrano, 25

Sweden

Philippe Longchamps, 21

Tajikistan
Hamadony Muzafarov, 18

Tanzania
Malima Chisumo 15

James Kidiga David, 23

Mahamba Sebastian Ihonde, 25

Turkey
Nurten Akkus, 18

Selcuk Yusuf Arslan, 21

Muhammet Aydin, 21
Samet Baskonus, 19
Aynur Bayazit, 20

Rumeysa Cevlik, 25

Tuba Dumlu Guler, 23
Dilek Livaneli 15

Uganda
Ronald Ddungu 15
Catherine Nakabugo, 18
Rosemary Nyirumbe, 20

Ukraine
Hanna Dudich, 17
Natalya Hladkykh, 20

Lesia Pavliuk, 25

Artur Proidakov, 23

Liudmyla Tabolina, 23
Oleksandr Zhuk, 20

United Arab Emirates

Moza Mohammed Rashid Saadan Al-Hafiti, 25
Rashed Hashem, 19
Mohamed Mohtady, 20
Rohan Roberts, 17
Shaikha Al Shehhi 17

Riadh Zammali, 21

United Kingdom
Nathan Atkinson, 17
Sean Bellamy, 15
Tom Bennett 15
Raymond Chambers, 17
Rebecca Cramer, 18

Cat Davison, 21

Babak Mashhadi Ebrahim, 23

Monir El Moudden, 23
Peter Ferris, 16
Jamie Frost, 20

Mairi Godley, 25
Janet Hayward, 15
Colin Hegarty, 16
Tuesday Humby, 18
Adnan Mahmood
Corey Mitchell, 17
Andrew Moffat, 19
Eartha Pond, 18
Jimmy Rotheram, 19
Emma Russo, 19
Richard Spencer, 15

David Swanston, 21

Shafina Vohra, 23
Nicola Whiston, 20
Andria Zafirakou, 18 (GTP Winner)

USA

Shawn Adler, New Jersey 23
Nancie Atwell, Maine 15 (GTP Winner)
Nancy Barile, Massachusetts 15

Kimberly Bearden, Georgia 23

Elizabeth Bromery, Florida, 21
Jeff Charbonneau, Washington 15
Ron Clark, Georgia 16
Linda Cliatt-Wayman, Pennsylvania 16
Melissa Collins, Tennessee 18
Brian Copes, Alabama 17
Eric Crouch, Georgia 19
Mike Dunlea, New Jersey, 20
Kimberly Eckert, Louisiana, 20
Joe Fatheree, Illinois 16

Chris Gleason, Wisconsin, 21
Erin Gruwell, California (Freedom Writers) 17
Liviu Haiducu, Indiana 16
Keith Hancock, California 18

Lacey Hoosier, Louisiana 23

Erick Hueck, Florida, 25
Leah Juelke, North Dakota, 20
Sandra Kowalczyk, Wisconsin 15
Gary Koppelman, Michigan 15

Jessica Lander, Massachusetts, 21
Glenn Lee, Hawaii 18

Cicely Lewis, Georgia, 21
James Linville, (lives/works in Zimbabwe) 19
Nadia Lopez, New York 16
Jacqueline Lopushonsky, Illinois 15
Jamie Manker, Missouri 15
Brian McDaniel, California 19
Angel Mejico, California, 20
Melissa Morris, New York 15

Carla Neely, Ohio, 25
Julie Olsen, S. Dakota 15
Estella Owolmaha-Church, California 17

Tiffany Pace, West Virginia, 25
Aris Pangilinan, Washington, DC 16
Lisa Parisi, North Carolina 15
Akash Patel, Texas 18

Marilyn Pryle, Pennsylvania, 25
Jeff Remington, Pennsylvania, 20
Stephen Ritz, New York 15
Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis, Connecticut (Sandy Hook) 16
Melissa Salguero, New York 19
Paul Solarz, Illinois 15
Michael Soskil, Pennsylvania 15 & 16
Alhassan Susso, New York 17

Keisheia Thorpe, Maryland, 21 (GTP Winner)

Melissa Tracy, Delaware 23

Joe Underwood, Florida 18
Naomi Volain, California 15
Mark Vondracek, Illinois 15

Jennie Warmouth, Washington, 21

Sequoyah Wharton, New York, 25
Melinda Wilson, Illinois 18
Noah Zeichner, Washington 15

Uruguay

Marcia Hernandez, 21
Dario Victor Greni Olivieri, 19
Cecilia Paz, 20

Venezuela
Ron Alvarez, 17
Yarinett Rojas, 23

Vietnam
Anh Phuong Ha, 20
Nam Thanh, 18
Thuy Tran, 19

Zimbabwe
Trust Mutekwa, 20