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JOSH MYSORE
Josh Mysore—St. Mark’s Senior &
Plano Resident—to Study Hindi on
U.S.Department of State NSLI-Y Scholarship
osh Mysore, a rising senior at the St. rather an innate wish to communicate between
Mark’s School of Texas, has been awarded cultures and educate myself about the world.”
a National Security Language Initiative for Mysore would go on to pass the semifinalist
JYouth (NSLI-Y) Virtual Summer Intensive stage and would ultimately be chosen as a
full scholarship to study the Hindi language for finalist to study Hindi with NSLI-Y, a multi-agency
five weeks this 2020 summer. A Plano, Texas, U.S. Government initiative launched in 2006 to
resident, Mysore initially applied to the NSLI-Y improve Americans’ ability to communicate in
program—a U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of select critical languages, advance international
Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) program dialogue and provide Americans with jobs
that promotes critical language learning among skills for the global economy. Many NSLI-Y
American youth—during his year abroad in alumni go on to pursue education and careers
Zaragoza, Spain, with another program, School vital to U.S. national security and credit the
Year Abroad. program experience with helping them improve
“While I was with my [host] family in Spain and their academic, leadership and cross-cultural
immersing myself in the Spanish language, I slowly communication skills.
began to realize how drawn to language learning “Many highly regard the NSLI-Y program for its
I was,” Mysore said. “As I delved into my love prestige, education and experience,” Mysore
for Spanish, I realized that my desire to master said, “and. I am no exception. I cannot wait to
language was not limited to just one language but be a member of the fantastic alumni network.”
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