Melanie Centeno
AFS USA
Team Development Specialist
Melanie Centeno is the Team Development Specialist for AFS Vermont and Southern New England Teams. She has an M.A. in International Education from the SIT Graduate Institute in Vermont. Melanie has worked in the field for 15 years in both higher education: at Stanford University and the George Washington University offices for Study Abroad; and at the high school level with AFS-USA. Melanie studied student identity in relation to the study abroad experience and has participated in workshops on storytelling at Stanford University. She believes that guiding students to translate "identity" into "action" as global citizens is a key role we can each fulfill if we have the proper tools.