Five alumni from five countries share what BCEA meant to them. Same five questions. Five very different answers.
Noman is a young journalist from Pakistan navigating one of the most complex media environments in the world. His BCEA experience connected him to a global community of peers and practitioners at a pivotal point in his career.
Tania is a student and community organizer from the Philippines who came to BCEA with the values of collective care and grassroots leadership — and left with a broader lens for how local action connects to global systems.
Joshua is a student and aspiring entrepreneur from Uganda building at the intersection of innovation and community. BCEA gave him the cross-cultural perspective and network to think bigger about what he is building — and for whom.
Yudi is a high school student from China who joined BCEA with curiosity and left with confidence. Her story is a reminder that global competence starts early — and that young people have far more to contribute to these conversations than they are often given credit for.
Jay is a student from the United States who came to BCEA looking to understand the world beyond his own borders. His reflection captures something many alumni feel — that the real learning happened in the in-between moments: the conversations, the meals, the friendships that nobody planned for.
BCEA is organized into Houses — small communities where members from different countries live, learn, and create together. These are their stories, told in their own way.
House Prudentia believes that the shortest distance between two cultures is a shared meal. Members bring food from home — and the stories that come with it. What starts as a meal becomes a conversation about family, memory, and what home actually means when you're far from it.
House Audacia is bold by name and bold in practice. This video is their celebration of difference — the accents, the customs, the habits, and the worldviews that each member carries with them. Not despite the differences, but because of them.
What does a morning look like in Uganda? An afternoon in the Philippines? An evening in China? House Temperantia follows five members through their everyday lives — same day, five different worlds. A quiet, honest look at what daily life actually looks like across cultures.
"You're from there? So you must be..." House Lustita takes on the stereotypes head-on. Members from six different cultures name the assumptions people make about them — and then push back, laugh, explain, or complicate them. Honest, funny, and more thought-provoking than you'd expect.
