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Category: Alumni

Forward-looking Generosity

With a historic $3 million commitment, Carlos and Malú Alvarez FR’00P help launch and advance The Campaign for SYA.

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Saving Languages from Extinction

Wikitongues Co-founder Daniel Bögre Udell ES’08 wields the power of the internet to help—not harm—language diversity.

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Inventing Pleco

The world’s best online Chinese dictionary began as a hack by Michael Love CN’00.

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Quantum Leap

A year at SYA gave Merritt Moore IT’05 the confidence to pursue a life in dance and physics.

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“A provocative, revolutionary story-teller”

From bebop in Barcelona to heroes in Harlem, Cheo Hodari Coker ES’89 credits SYA with boosting his cultural confidence.

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