Learn more about the international student experience.
Connect with our Global Wildcats.
Interested in learning about the international student experience? Want to get in touch with a current student from your home country? Someone with similar academic interests? A current student involved in research? Something else?
Our Global Wildcats serve as international student ambassadors. By acting as a bridge between prospective and current international students, our Global Wildcats assist the Office of Undergraduate Admission in recruiting students from all over the world.
Studying: Radio, Television, and Film; Creative Writing
Hometown: Birmingham, United Kingdom
On campus: A&O Productions, Multicultural Filmmaker's Collective, Out Da Box, Sketch TV
Best Class at NU: Iranian Cinema and Visual Culture
Favorite Restaurant: The food (and the people!) at Habibi Inn
Fun Fact: Midwesterners love to make casseroles—I don't know what casserole is and I'm too afraid to ask!
Studying: Neuroscience, Economics
Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico
On campus: Global Research and Consulting Club, Women in Business, club tennis, research assistant at Deportation Reserach Clinic, tour guide
Best Class at NU: Anthropology of Sense Perception
Favorite Restaurant: A French-Mexican restaurant in Chicago called Tzuco
Fun Fact: I make spotify playsists for everything!
Studying: Environmental Sciences
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
On campus: Associate Student Government, Fossil Free NU, Wild Roots
Best Class at NU: The City: Urbanization and Urbanism
Favorite Restaurant: Frida's (for great breakfasts)
Fun Fact: A couple of years ago, I was trying to fly back home and got on the wrong airplane. I didn't notice and ended up in a different country!
Global Wildcat volunteers are critical in connecting with prospective Northwestern students, often communicating via email or video chat or participating in student panels.