R.C. of Houston joins in funding study for Nicole Heydari

 Nicole made a presentation to a sub committee of the United Nations. The above video includes that presentation. Here story is below.

The Rotary Club of Houston has joined our club in contributing $2,500 towards the cost of funding of a two year course of study towards a Master's Degree in Advanced International Studies at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, the oldest institute of international affairs in the world. Together with the matching funding from our District 5890 we will have a total of $10,000 to assist Nicole.

Nicole is the daughter of a Mexican-American mother and an Iranian-American father. She lived in Mexico during her junior and senior high school years and has lived/studied/worked in Sudan (2 years), Morocco (2 years), France (1 year), Mexico (7 years), Egypt (5 months), Germany (5 months), U.S. -D.C., Va., Tx. and Kansas (11 years) and Afghanistan (11 months).

She graduated Georgetown University in 2008 with a B.S. in International Politics and certificate in International Development.

Nicole is fluent in Spanish, English, French and German, conversational Farsi and basic Arabic. 

Professional experience as an analyst for the U.S D. of D. with coalition forces in Afghanistan, a project coordinator for USAID projects in Central America and Africa. 

We arranged for Nicole to speak to the R.C. of Vienna last month and the Club President wrote "Nicole made her presentation to our club today. Everybody was impressed by her experience and language skills (she also speaks German fluently!).She really is a brave and ambitious young lady. I think it will be a good idea to support her. Best regards, Stefan Walter, President R.C. of Wien-Graben District 1910.".

Nicole will speak to our club September 7 and at the R.C. of Houston, Houston City Club, One City Drive at 11:30 on Thursday September 8... guests are welcome at both clubs.