Alumni of the Month
Alumni of the Month – Hannah Saban
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Hannah Saban My name is Hannah Saban and I’m 20 years old. I went on the Aardvark Israel program in 2018 after graduating from a small Jewish high school in Atlanta, GA. I always struggled in school and wasn’t interested in...
Alumni of the Month – Betsy Weill
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Betsy Weill My name is Betsy Weill and I’m from Deerfield, Illinois. I took a gap semester with Aardvark Israel in Jerusalem during the Fall of 2019 and started college at New York University in January of 2020. The cliché...
Alumni of the Month – Sarah Pomeranz
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Sarah Pomeranz Hey Everyone! My name is Sarah Pomeranz, I am 22, originally from Boston and currently a senior at Rutgers University in New Jersey. At the age of 17, I made one of the smartest decisions of my life - I moved...
Alumni of the Month – Ornella Siso
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Ornella SisoHi, my name is Ornella Siso and I am from Belgium. Six year ago I spent my gap year on Aardvark Israel (Spring 2014). Little did I know that after Aardvark, my life would be changed. During my senior year in high...
Alumni of the Month – Dana Cohen
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Dana CohenHi, my name is Dana Cohen (Aardvark 2014) from Fulton, Maryland. Scared, nervous, hesitant, and fearful. That’s what I felt upon graduation. I had mentally prepared myself to going to ASU but my mom had mentioned a...
Alumni of the Month – Jordan Greene
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Jordan GreeneHello everyone!My name is Jordan and I am from San Francisco, California. Last semester (Aardvark 2018) I was a student on Aardvark Tel Aviv, where I fell in love Israel, interned at an amazing start-up company,...
Alumni of the Month – Natalie Selvin
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Natalie Selvin Hey! My name’s Natalie Selvin, and I attended Aardvark Israel during Spring Semester of last year (2018) in Jerusalem! So I’ve only been in the army for a month, but so far it’s definitely been an experience!...
Alumni of the Month – Shira Goldsmith
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Shira Goldsmith My name is Shira Goldsmith. I am 21, I currently live in Jerusalem and serve as the head medic in the co-ed combat unit of Karakal. The year of 2016, after I graduated High School, was spent on Aardvark...
Alumni of the Month – Shlomi Efergan
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Shlomi Efergan Hi my name is Shlomi Efergan from Ocean Pines Maryland and I was on Aardvark Israel 2018-2019. About a year and a half ago I made the best decision of my life. I left the US and started 9 amazing months on...
Alumni of the Month – Daniel Bard
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Daniel Bard My name is Daniel Bard, I’m 22 years old from Chevy Chase Maryland. I was on Aardvark Israel in 2016-2017 and am now serving as a combat medic in the 101st IDF paratroopers brigade. After I returned to the United...
Alumni of the Month – Ira Weiss
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Ira WeissI participated in Aardvark in 2016-17 after I completed high school and at the time had no idea what my future held. I knew I wasn't ready for university and I didn't want to waste money figuring out what I...
Alumni of the Month – Danielle Williams
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Danielle WilliamsMy name is Danielle Williams, I was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA, and I went on the Aardvark Gap Year Program from 2015-2016. The overwhelming amount of personal growth and meaningful,...
Alumni of the Month – Maya Fried
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month – Maya Fried My name is Maya Fried, and I was born and raised to Israeli parents in Los Angeles. Weird thing is, they never took me to visit the country they called home for half of their lives, and so upon graduating...
Alumni of the Month – Mark & Lauren Gilbert
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Mark & Lauren Gilbert We were on the Aardvark program from 2012-2013 and we lived in Jerusalem first and then Tel Aviv. Mark participated in the entrepreneurial program and went on many of the Aardvark-led international...
Alumni of the month – Gina Saben
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the month - Gina Saben Hi everyone! I’m Gina and I’m from Melbourne, Australia. I went on Aardvark in 2015 for the Spring semester and it was probably the best time of my life. I found out about the program almost by accident when I...
Alumni of the Month – Josh Pincus
Alumni of the Month Alumni of the Month - Josh Pincus Hi, my name is Joshua Pincus and I am from Johannesburg South Africa. Two year ago I spent my gap year in Tel Aviv on Aardvark. Little did I know that before I attended the program, that my life would be changed...
