#BackToTheBigApple2018
Presented by the New York Metro Study Abroad Group
at The Fashion Institute of Technology October 21, 2018
9:30 am - 6:00 pm
Emily Merson is an experienced international educator and entrepreneur who is passionate about creating life changing experiences for college students. Over the past 17 years Emily has helped build the international internship industry through her role as co-founder and CEO of Global Experiences. Her optimistic ambition to make the world a better place turned her into an unlikely entrepreneur, based from her own experience interning at the United Nations in Indonesia, and studying for her Masters degree in Sweden. In her role now as leader of a global team she is committed to strengths based coaching and loves to watch the amazing power global internships have in helping young people find a career they love. A native of Sydney, Australia, Emily has traveled to 40 countries, lived in 5, holds 3 passports and has a passionate belief in transformative power of education. Emily is a tireless advocate for women’s leadership and loves to mentor her team of talented women. When she isn’t trying to change the world she can be found with her three amazing kids traversing the globe or on her stand up paddle board on the Chesapeake Bay.
Conference Keynote Speaker
Tyler Riewer is the Brand Content Lead at charity: water, the non-profit bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in need around the world. He travels the globe to meet the people charity: water serves, collects stories about the transformative impact of clean water, and dreams up new ways to share those stories with the world. Since joining the organization in 2013, Tyler has been a driving force behind charity: water’s creative campaigns, including Someone Like You, an interactive, immersive microsite that used the hundreds of photos, videos and stories Tyler helped gather in Adi Etot, Ethiopia, to create deep personal connections between supporters and people living without clean water. Tyler is also the host of charity: water's exclusive video series, The Journey, in which he travels to different countries to show members of the organization's monthly giving program, The Spring, an up-close look at charity: water's work on the ground.
Prior to joining charity: water, Tyler spent nine years working in advertising where he created content for brands like Red Bull, Nike and A&E. A native Nebraskan, Tyler graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he studied Mass Communications, Advertising and English.
Logo design by Luis Garcia -
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
Luis Garcia is an upper division graphic design student from FIT. Even thought he hasn't studied abroad, he knows what it feels like to leave your homeland to pursue your dream and see the world around you from a new perspective. When he works on a project, he loves exploring new ideas and emerging himself in it- and it can be anything. He can be inspired by culture, color, patterns, and even language. For his future goals as a graphic designer, he hopes to be able to transmit or expose new ideas to anyone that come across his work. He wants them see the world from a different perspective.