OneWorld Now

Great News!!! 🤩
We have extended the deadline to register for the Global Citizen Summer Program! There is still time to join us this summer to learn Arabic or Korean. Visit oneworldnow.org/summer to get signed up today!🔥

Join us next Sunday, May 31 from 1:00-3:30 PM for Get Global! It will be held at El Centro de la Raza. This event is open to all, so bring your family, friends, and neighbors. ☀️
Visit: bit.ly/getglobal2026

🤩Stay for the after party!!
We are inviting alumni, current students, and folks from the OWN community to connect around language, leadership, and study abroad. RSVP: bit.ly/getglobalmixer

We’re 65% of the way to our spring campaign goal! 🎉

Thanks to the generosity of this community, we’re making strong progress toward Connecting Our World, One Leader at a Time — and there’s still time to help us reach the finish line.

Even better: matching dollars remain, which means your gift can go twice as far to support OneWorld Now! students as they build language skills, leadership capacity, confidence, and global connections.

The campaign ends May 31st, so now is a powerful moment to give.

Donate today and increase access to OneWorld Now!’s programs:
https://givebutter.com/connecting-our-world-one-leader-at-a-time

Please join us in welcoming Ann Lam to the OneWorld Now! Board of Directors!

Ann is a Senior Customer Success Manager at Amazon, where she leads strategic partnerships with top apparel brands and oversees end-to-end business strategy. She began her career supporting diverse student talent pipelines, and today she continues to champion access, representation, and opportunity for young people.

A South Seattle native, Franklin High School alumna, first-generation college graduate, Fulbright Award recipient, and OneWorld Now! alumna, Ann knows firsthand how global education can shape a young person’s sense of possibility.

“Growing up in South Seattle, global opportunities didn’t always feel accessible,” Ann shared. “As an OWN alumna, I saw how exposure can expand not just your world, but your belief in what’s possible. Access changes trajectories and I’m proud to help create that for the next generation.”

Ann’s own journey has taken her from South Seattle to study abroad in Italy, two Fulbright experiences, and travel to 30 countries before age 30. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Community for Youth and regularly returns to Seattle Pacific University and South Seattle schools as a guest speaker, sharing her career journey and advocating for greater access to higher education and representation in business leadership.

We’re grateful to have Ann’s leadership, lived experience, and deep commitment to access as part of OneWorld Now!’s work to connect our world, one leader at a time.

Welcome, Ann!