Transforming Support for International Students in the USA.

Did you know that the USA has the world’s largest international student population?

There are more international students in the US than ever before, but despite recruiting heavily around the world, schools and colleges are struggling to keep up with the institutional, pastoral and cultural support that these students need. Even if your college has an International Student Office, help with essentials like finding health insurance, accommodation, opening a bank account and cultural acclimatization is often lacking.

Do you want an enhanced, inclusive, quality international student experience?

Abadi-Biscaino is working to transform institutional support for international students in the USA. We do this in two ways: Our Concierge Service supports students directly, and our Consultancy and Training practice helps colleges and universities revolutionize their in-house support.

International students make up 5% of the total US student population (that’s over 1 million of them!)

 
 

Our Services

Abadi-Biscaino supports international students in two ways:

Our Concierge Service assigns personal coaches to international students in NYC. We help you get set up, settled in, and start thriving. Think of us as an aunty: your home away from home.

Our Consultancy and Training practice provides staff development and compliancy training to educational organizations to help them better support, represent and ensure the success of their international students.

 

Amal

 

Amal Abadi-Biscaino is the Founder and Director of Abadi-Biscaino Consultancy. Born in Taizz, Yemen, Amal immigrated to the USA with her parents at the age of ten.

“I learned to speak Spanish before I spoke English - they didn’t know what to do with me, so they put me in with all the Spanish kids!”

As a Professor of Science, Amal has over twenty years of experience teaching students from elementary to college level in New York City.

As an Assistant Principal, Amal has transformed academic departments from Science and Visual Arts to Languages Other Than English, facilitating exciting initiatives with partners including NYU and the Food Network.

As a Consultant and Specialist, Amal has advised the DOE and the City of New York under Michael Bloomberg on international and ELL student support, and facilitated compliancy trainings for hundreds of NYC teachers.

Amal is also a philanthropist, and founder of Madrasa al-Medina, a bilingual school for girls in Taizz, Yemen.

She holds a Masters in Education Administration and Technology from Adelphi University, New York, a Masters in Teaching English as a Second Language also from Adelphi, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Math from St. Francis College, Brooklyn.

Amal lives with her husband and two daughters in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.

 
Amal
 

Testimonials

 

“Amal is undoubtedly one of the finest educators I have had the opportunity to work with in my thirty-five years of teaching. She deftly combines theory with practice in a manner that is engaging, inspiring and thoughtful.” - Dr William C. Jusino, Founding Principal, PROGRESS High School, Brooklyn

“In Amal’s classes, you are never bored for a single minute.” - Student at St Francis College, Brooklyn