SCC Celebrates International Education Week, Nov. 16-20

Spotlight: International Artichokes 

Meet a few international members of our SCC family!

Luna Alyafialzuhri

Student, Visual & Performing Arts

“I define global equity as fairness for all and the assurance of equity without fear. I think justice should be given to people of all colors, religions, routes, and ages with no discrimination of rights.” Download Luna Alyafialzuhri's Profile (PDF)

Kelli Barr

Student, Business, Entrepreneurialism, & Management

“I was fortunate to have had the experience of studying abroad in Ireland in 2018. The skills I learned while studying abroad consisted of learning boundaries for myself and  learning to appreciate each person for who they are authentically. Regardless of how different  someone was from me or if they did things I disagreed with, I learned to respect and appreciate them.” Download Kelli Barr's Profile (PDF)

Roberto Gudiño

Faculty, Film; Fulbright Fellow

“I was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship grant to serve as a filmmaker and professor in Mexico City and developed an outreach and training program in filmmaking for youth. For 13 months, I lived in Mexico City, the country’s largest city, and worked with university students at Universidad Panamericana (UP) where I taught film production workshops and filmed a web-series. My experiences as a person of color allowed me to combat stereotypes that students had about “Americans” and life in the United States.

"Through my desire to bridge cultures, I applied to and was selected with a team of Maricopa faculty to participate in the MCCCD/MCLI Global Engagement Faculty Curriculum Development Program in Guanajuato, Guanajuato for three weeks in the summer of 2017." Download Roberto Gudino's Profile (PDF)

Susan Peterson

Faculty, Business, Entrepreneurialism, & Management

“In college, I was awarded the Rotary International Scholarship and studied French language and culture in Southern France for one year. The experience was life-changing, as it opened my mind to new ways of thinking about the world. In graduate business school, I studied marketing and international business to learn about different economic, political, and social systems around the world. As part of my program, I spent one year providing marketing consultation to an Israeli firm that was looking to enter the U.S. market. In the corporate world, I led projects that involved doing business in other countries, including shooting a TV commercial in Mexico City.

As a faculty member at Scottsdale Community College, I have taught an international business course for 24 years and have ‘internationalized’ the curriculum in other courses, such as marketing. For  professional development, I attended a week-long seminar in Salzburg, Austria, and participated in a trilateral (NAFTA) grant between SCC and colleges in Canada and Mexico. In addition to studying French, I studied German, Japanese, and Spanish, as I believe you cannot truly understand the culture unless you know their language.” Download Susan Peterson's Profile (PDF)

John Konicek

Academic Advisement

“I studied in a German language intensive program in Munich, Germany and lived in Munich from May until August. It fulfilled part of the language requirement for my doctoral program. I am currently assisting to teach a course through Santa Clara University to which the theme is Global Justice and has students from around the world. I am fortunate to have been asked to teach the class again next year. For me, global equity means that all people, countries, communities have fair access to resources, technologies, and investment opportunities. Justice for me includes policies and procedures that take into account how all of the stakeholders are impacted by production, natural resources, wealth management, and education opportunities. Behaviors and policies which are just are those that consider first the ones who are the most vulnerable.” Download John Konicek's Profile (PDF)