Shokhinakhon Bakhromova is a SUSI for Women Leaders program alumna and a finalist of the Study of U.S. Institutes on Women’s Leadership in 2018. She is a co-organizer of the TEDx project (TEDxMustaqillikSquare) in Uzbekistan since 2017 and WomanUP club coordinator at the American Center Tashkent. She volunteered for number of projects of “Kelajak Ovozi” Youth Initiatives Center, British Council, Special Olympics and various UN Agencies in Uzbekistan. She also completed Training of Trainers on Peer to Peer Education of the United Nations Population Fund to promote healthy lifestyle among youth, organized Model UN Conferences on the Millennium Development Goals and Gender Equality. In 2014, she won the Public Speaking Contest organized by the Young Leaders Development Project of the Uzbekistan Teachers of English Association. She currently serves as a Go Viral Country Ambassador for Uzbekistan and works as the editor of the Analytical portal “The Uzbek Review”. She holds BA in International Relations, University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Uzbekistan.

Zarrina Babaeva has a work experience in project management and business development for more than 15 years. She holds a bachelor degree in International Economic relation and currently receiving Master’s degree in Government Management. She currently works in pharmaceutical holding “Evolet LLC” and before she worked in Tcell (Part of TeliaSonera group). She is very active in social sector – volunteer of several projects, such as StartUp Weekend, BITS, and she organizes social projects and events such as PechaKucha Night, MyVision Awards etc. Since November 2019 joined Go Viral team as a Country Ambassador for Tajikistan.

Azat Toroev is a journalist and copywriter based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He co-founded an online lifestyle publication OKNO (okno.world). Before that, he worked at Kaktus Media and wrote for various publications in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Azat has also worked with magazine publishers Conde Nast Russia (Vogue, GQ, Glamour, Architectural Digest) and Hearst Magazines Russia (Harper's Bazaar, Elle) as a freelance copywriter. That led him to working with Calvin Klein and Adidas on their Russian websites. Azat is an alumnus of the FLEX program (Colorado, 2014). In 2017, he participated in the Go Viral Reporting Tour in the US and attended the Go Viral Festival in 2018 as a press reporter on behalf of Kaktus Media.

Cristian Wright - Public Affairs Officer, the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan