Fanta Aw has over 15 years of experience in the field of International Education Exchange. Ms. Aw is Director of International Student Services at American University and Chair of the International Campus Life Council, whose mission is to foster intercultural awareness, understanding, and appreciation of diversity and to monitor administrative systems and services to ensure responsiveness to the needs of international students.

Fanta is originally from Mali, in West Africa and is fluent in English, French, and Bambara, and speaks Spanish well. She came to American University in 1987 to begin her undergraduate degree. She also received a Master's in Public Administration with a focus on Organization and Development from American University. Ms. Aw is currently pursuing a PhD in Sociology with a concentration in Transmigrational Migration, Social Stratification and International Training and Education.

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