FEA's Equal Access Run 2020

Please join me in supporting underrepresented students in study abroad by donating to the wonderful organization I have worked at for almost two years. As a first-generation college student, I have experienced first-hand the difference study abroad can make in a student's life. 

Since its founding in 2010 (10 years ago!), FEA has worked to increase access for Black, Latinx, Asian, community college, and first-generation college students—the students least likely to study abroad. Students of Color represented just 30% of the study abroad population in 2017/2018, with only 6% Black and 10% Latinx. While progress has been made over the last decade, there’s so much more work to do.

The mission of FEA has always been to diversify the face of study abroad to reflect the rich diversity of the United States, and we are proud that 94% of our last cohort identified as Students of Color. FEA has awarded 590 scholarships totaling $2.1 million over the last ten years. But in this moment of compounding crises, including a global pandemic and a reckoning of racial inequity, we know we can do even more as international educators. As the study abroad field pauses and looks to the future, let’s work together now to make sure more scholarship funding will be available for Black, Latinx, and other underrepresented students when programs resume.