Tess discovered the personal and academic impacts of cross-cultural exposure and exchange firsthand as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student during her junior year of high school. Later, she studied abroad in Italy, Germany, and Macedonia as an undergraduate at Seattle University, where she graduated as a Sullivan Scholar with a BA in International Studies and minors in Global Politics and International Economic Development (2010). Tess earned her MA in International Education at the George Washington University (2016). Prior to coming to CET, she was a Fulbright ETA, and worked at Amazon.com, Seattle University, and the George Washington University. Tess is from Juneau, Alaska and enjoys cooking good food, visiting new cities, and snuggling with her cat, Jobi.