2025 Student Panel - No Barriers: Empowering Youth with Disabilities

Join this student panel hosted by the Center for Global Learning and Innovation. This session aims to raise awareness of inclusive global learning opportunities and highlight the many ways youth with disabilities can engage in immersive experiences.

Youth moderator:

Kaitlyn Walsh - Junior, Major in the Special Education Program Michigan State University

Panelists include:

Hannah Cantor - Senior, Major in Hospitality Business, Minor in Arts and Cultural Management and Leadership of Organizations, Michigan State University
Caroline Downes - Ph.D. Student in Biological Anthropology, MSU Alumna Yale University
Kelsey Foote - Access Specialist, Michigan State University
Madison Hales - TESOL Teacher & Fulbright Alumna, MSU Alumna
Carlv Kalkauski- Transfer student majoring in Social Relations and Policy at James Madison College Michigan State University

Guest speaker:

Opal Leeman Bartzis - Assistant Dean for Global Learning and Innovation, Executive Director of Education Abroad, Michigan State University