Originally from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Melissa Ballesteros has lived in more than five countries and worked with teams in more than 12. Her interest in global affairs, strategy, business and leadership drew her to enroll at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University.
Tallin Speek will graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering systems with honors from Barrett, The Honors College. He is pursuing a Master of Global Management (MGM) from the Thunderbird School of Global Management through the 4 +1 program.
Joseph Kemp received the Undergraduate Barton Kyle Yount Award. This award is presented to a student who best represents the values and standards envisioned by the founders of Thunderbird in 1946 and is the school’s highest student honor.
Although Grecia Cubillas was born in Tucson, Arizona, she was raised in Santa Ana, a small town in Sonora, Mexico, and spent her formative years outside of the United States.
Equipped with international travel experience as a young adult, Matthew Pepper knew early on that a global career was in the cards for him. Raised in the Houston suburb of Spring, Texas, Pepper had the opportunity to travel with his family around the world.
“I read somewhere, ‘Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all ways you can, as long as ever you can." These words of principle motivated Frank Martinez throughout his time at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, from which he graduates this spring with a Master of Global Management (MGM).
Dr. June Lau was already immersed in a career in medicine when she came across Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, previously working as an emergency physician in her home country of Malaysia.
Acacia Wastchak, a junior who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in international trade at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, is putting on an Earth Day Community Translation Challenge in France.
Julie Schuldt is a true global citizen. Throughout her life, she has lived in different parts of the United States, as well as Asia, specifically Japan and South Korea, and has experienced a variety of cultures, traditions and global perspectives. This international exposure, combined with her parents both having a Thunderbird education, inspired her to pursue a Master of Global Management (MGM) degree at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, which she plans to complete in spring 2023.