Education
Production team:Host : Maria XenidouIntroduction Voice: David Bourne Contact us:impactlearningpodcast(at)gmail.com Music credits:Like Lee performed by The Mini VandalsTransition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks Where to find more about Abby Falik and Global Citizen Year:LinkedInHer websiteMediaGlobal Citizen YearGlobal Citizen Academy Listen to this episode and explore: Childhood: travelling around the world with her family and developing an entrepreneurial mindset (4:10)University: self-designing her bachelor’s degree in International Development and taking a formative gap year during college (7:58)The most challenging part of her gap year (11:05)The road to founding Global Citizen Year: her early career and the decision to go to business school (12:56)Abby’s advice to find your purpose: follow your heartbreak (17:19)The mission of Global Citizen Year (20:21)What a Global Citizen Year looks like (22:47)The support students receive before, during and after their Global Citizen Year (27:54)The decision to launch the Global Citizen Academy in 2020 (30:56)How they built the Global Citizen Academy through partnerships (37:17)The financial model of the Global Citizen Academy: pay what you can (39:37)The essence of the Global Citizen Year: an apprenticeship for growth and reflection (40:30)The importance of peer-to-peer learning (42:28)How Abby sees Global Citizen Year evolve in the future (43:44)Working closely with Colleges and Universities to bring the change they want to see (44:57)What Abby wants to leave her mark on during her lifetime (47:48)