Youth For Understanding USA (YFU)
Robin Bridges is an experienced professional currently serving as a Music Encoder at AccuRadio since May 2024. Alongside this role, Robin has been the Airport Communications Coordinator at Youth For Understanding USA (YFU) since May 2015, leading a team to coordinate travel logistics for over 1,000 international high school students each season. Previous roles include Proofreader at RAI Media, Inc., and Marketing Assistant at Blank Space. Robin has also held editorial positions, serving as Editor In Chief for the Northeastern Illinois University Independent Newspaper and Que Ondee Sola Magazine. Additional experience includes working as an On Air DJ at WZRD Chicago 88.3 FM and as an Appointment Specialist at ShowingTime, focusing on customer success and satisfaction. Educational qualifications include a Master of Arts in Urban Community Studies ongoing at Northeastern Illinois University, where prior degrees in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language and Child Advocacy were earned.
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Youth For Understanding USA (YFU)
YFU advances intercultural understanding, life-long learning, global competencies, mutual respect, and social responsibility through transformational educational exchanges for generations of youth, families, and communities, supported by dedicated volunteers and professional staff. A non-profit international educational organization with partners in more than 60 different countries, Youth For Understanding is one of the world’s oldest, largest and most respected intercultural exchange programs. More than 270,000 students and their host families have benefited from the support and expertise of YFU. The YFU global network is united by the belief that full cultural immersion is the most effective means to gain the skills needed to thrive in an increasingly multicultural, interconnected and competitive global society.