Biography: Hailee Ridge is the Education Abroad Program Coordinator for the College of Arts & Letters and the College of Music. In this role, she manages a portfolio of education abroad programs. In addition, Hailee is the liaison to the Center for Gender in Global Context, the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities (RCPD), and the Fostering Academics Mentoring Excellence (FAME) program. Her liaison responsibilities allow Hailee to help foster equitable access to education abroad opportunities, an important goal of hers. Hailee received bachelor’s degrees in Women’s and Gender Studies and Social Relations and Policy from Michigan State University. She also has a minor in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Sexuality Studies. In 2019, Hailee obtained her M.Ed. in International Higher Education from Loyola University of Chicago. Hailee studied abroad four separate times in Ireland, the Netherlands, Vietnam, and Italy, and has worked in the field of international higher education for 8 years. When Hailee is not working, you can find her reading fantasy books or habitually monitoring flight prices for her next adventure.