Fulbright Reality Czech

Veronika Pikola Brázdilová works as a manager of international projects in the Václav Havel Library. She studied communications at Sciences Po Paris (Institut d'études politiques)graduating with an internship at the European Commission in Brussels. She was a project manager for the Belgian communication agency managing European Union websites. After returning from abroad, she worked for a year at the Representation of the European Commission in Prague. Since 2013, she has been working in the Václav Havel Library. In the Spring of 2024, she, her husband, and their two sons left for the USA as a scholarship recipient of the Fulbright-Masaryk program for the non-profit sector. For four months, she worked at the Bill Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas. Veronika and her family wanted to take advantage of everything the big move had to offer for their family of four by traveling across the country: “During six months we traveled through 21 states, explored about 40 mus...

Veronika Pikola Brázdilová je manažerka mezinárodních projektů v Knihovně Václava Havla. Vystudovala komunikaci na francouzské vysoké škole Sciences Po Paris (Institut politických věd). Absolvovala stáž v Evropské komisi v Bruselu a působila jako projektová manažerka v belgické komunikační agentuře spravující webové stránky Evropské unie. Po návratu ze zahraničí pracovala rok na Zastoupení Evropské komise v Praze. Od roku 2013 pracuje v Knihovně Václava Havla. Na jaře roku 2024 vyjela spolu s manželem a dvěma syny do USA, kde jako stipendistka Fulbright-Masarykova programu pro neziskový sektor čtyři měsíce působila v Prezidentské Knihovně Billa Clintona ve městě Little Rock ve státu Arkansas. S cílem využít přesun čtyřčlenné rodiny přes oceán na maximum si s manželem a dětmi před Fulbright pobytem i po něm dopřáli hodně času na objevování Ameriky: „Během šesti měsíců jsme projeli 21 států, prozkoumali asi 40 muzeí a ujeli zhruba 4200 mil. Jsem nesmírně vděčná, že jsme si mohli takové ...

Kimberly Stuart is an artistic and adventurous soul. In the past school year, she taught English language at Vocational School of Crafts in Šumperk, a town of 26,000, poetically called the “living gate into Jeseníky Mountains.” With Masters in poetry, a passion for bookbinding, and a love of hiking and outdoor exploration, her placement at a school for future woodworkers, mechanics, engineers, entrepreneurs, carpenters, electricians, and hair dressers was an exciting fit. Embracing her seven years of previous teaching experience, Kimberly had quickly adapted to a new role, and her talented students inspired her to leave a physical and long-lasting mark in Šumperk: “So the idea to build and erect two officially chartered Little Free Libraries in the town square began as a two-fold concept: to showcase the skill of my students and to hopefully make a joyful addition to the city that I’d grown to love.” In her free time, Kimberly and her husband Marley explored Czech culture, traditions,...