A community by, for, and about the accompanying partners of the US Foreign Service who are creating careers abroad.
Emily Walker is the founder of Next Dinner Party Designs, a business dedicated to helping the foreign service community create beautiful spaces abroad.
Before the Foreign Service, she was a journalist covering healthcare in Washington, D.C., but her…
Susan Shirley is the CEO of Global View Leadership, a cross-cultural leadership advisory firm. In this episode, we discuss Susan’s experiences living in different countries, her not-so-romantic State Department proposal, and her expertise in…
On this episode of Available Worldwide, Lauren chats with Mackenzie Carlson, our new social media manager and fellow plant lover. Mackenzie shares her family’s unique journey into the Foreign Service, from an adventurous road trip to prepping for a…
In this episode of the Available Worldwide podcast, we are joined by Lexi Boudreau, an EFM (Eligible Family Member) with a diverse career as a stay at home mom, volunteer and, working with various agencies and businesses. She and her husband joined…
In this episode, we meet Kavanaugh Livingston who in her first year as an EFM making a difference in supporting EFM (Eligible Family Member) careers in her community. Like many EFMs, she had to pause her career while her spouse serves as an FSO with…
Not every accompanying partner of an American diplomatic employee has the same access to employment and professional identity, or to many of the benefits and protections of US citizen Eligible Family Members. Non-citizens and spouses or partners…
Last year, we profiled the Around the World 5K, an annual Foreign Service run for charity that takes place every April. The participants nominate non-profits to benefit from the event and this year, they selected the Mountain Seed Foundation, an…
Justin has created a personal career built on a love of problem solving and social entrepreneurship. At each post, he jumps into the challenge of making his new home and finding his new project. Whether that’s boat building, catering or invention,…
Heather Emerick’s EFM journey is so much like that of Steph and I. She’s had jobs on the local economy, volunteered, run her own business, consulted, contracted, and now works a WAE job at FSI itself.
Her story is one of finding optimism where she…
It’s not everyday an already expat gets married and find out that being an EFM means you get some new privileges but also lose a few in countries without bilateral work agreements.
It that change is combined with a global pandemic and pivot to doing…
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