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Dr. Megan Luttrell (she/her/hers) is originally from Massachusetts. She received a BA from the University of Vermont in Russian language and literature with a minor in history. She came to Lawrence, KS in 2011 to attend the University of Kansas. She received her MA in Slavic languages and literature in 2013 and a PhD in Slavic languages and literature with a minor in art history in 2018.

Megan has had a variety of internationally-focused careers. While attending the University of Kansas, she worked with the Vermont Refugee Resettlement, helping a family from Uzbekistan. She worked at an elementary school as a temporary aid for a girl adopted from Ukraine, worked as a Russian language tutor, and made and sold Ukrainian pysanky at a variety of art fairs.

While a graduate student at KU, Megan taught Russian language, literature, and art at KU and Indiana University. After completing her PhD, Megan worked as a visiting lecturer at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, and as a visiting Assistant Professor at Colby College. 

After working as a profession musician for three years, Megan joined the team at the KU Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies as the Outreach Coordinator/Program Specialist.

Mary Raple is the Assistant Director, Outreach Coordinator, and FLAS Coordinator for the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at KU. She received her B.A. from Wichita State University in Spanish Education, an M.A. in Spanish from the University of Kansas, and an M.L.S. from Emporia State University. She is a former high school Spanish teacher and also worked as the international trip coordinator for the INGO Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (now Unbound) in Kansas City.

For 14 years, Mary taught library research skills and supported Spanish, Portuguese, Latin American & Caribbean Studies at KU Libraries in the International Collections unit, as well as working with international Fulbright Scholars and Humphrey Fellows from the Applied English Center during the summers. Her work, studies, and personal interests have allowed her to travel throughout the world, including study abroad in Puebla, Mexico for two summers, chaperoning student trips to Mexico and Spain, working as a tour conductor for an international travel agency, and translating for multiple dental clinic trips to Guatemala. 

Mego Londeen (she/they) graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.S. in Strategic Communications, a B.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures with emphasis in Korean language, and a dance minor. During their time as an undergraduate, she studied abroad twice in South Korea. Mego spent the 2019 summer at Sogang University's Korean language summer intensive program and returned for the 2021 spring semester at Korea University. Upon their last two years at KU, they worked as a Peer Advisor at KU Study Abroad & Global Engagement where they continued to share her experiences abroad and passion for global cultures. 

Victoria Garcia Unzueta is the communications coordinator for the Study Abroad & Global Engagement office. In their role, Victoria markets study abroad and global engagement opportunities, supervises student peer advisors and advises students interested in studying abroad.  

Victoria is a graduate of Dodge City High School and attended classes at Dodge City Community College through the dual-credit program. They have a B.S. in Journalism with a minor in Brazilian studies from the University of Kansas. Victoria joined the SAGE team in Fall 2023 and before this position, they worked as the communications coordinator for the History of Black Writing, a non-profit research project through KU's English Department. She also participated in the Language and Culture in Salvador, Brazil program where they spent two months living in Salvador, Brazil with a host family and studying Portuguese.