InterExchange

**Who we are** We seek to spark an interest in other cultures, to help our participants go abroad, and make a difference—in both themselves and the world. We create exchange opportunities both for international students and young professionals to experience the United States, and for young Americans to travel the world beyond our shores.  **Our story** In 1968, our founders, Uta and Paul Christianson, created an organization that would connect young people from around the world with life-changing international cultural exchange opportunities, birthing InterExchange. Over the past 50 years, we’ve become a leading non-profit international exchange organization. We carry on the mission Uta and Paul embraced half a century ago: to promote cross-cultural awareness and understanding through international work, teach, and volunteer exchange programs. **What we stand for** We believe that each of our participants should have the opportunity to engage in a meaningful intercultural experience. For some, it will mean living and working in another country, far from your home. For others, it will mean sharing your home, business, or community—and your culture—with exchange participants from abroad. **Our commitment** We aim to help our participants build cultural understanding and global skills—one person at a time, one experience at a time. We believe that international exchange broadens global awareness, empowers intercultural connections, and provides lifelong connections to the international community. **Fulbright-Hays Act** We encourage all our participants and professional colleagues to learn about The Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961, also known as the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961.