Hi everyone! I’m Anaëlle (ah-nile), a fourth-year student at the University of Washington majoring in Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC), with a minor in Arabic. I’m passionate about exploring how education and culture intersect to build thriving communities. Welcome to my portfolio. I'll keep updating this page with my new experiences, challenges, and learning. Thanks for making the journey with me!

 

Outside of classes you’ll often find me playing volleyball in the IMA, chasing sunsets, performing with Sayaw sa UW’s Filipino folk dancing club, and doodling stickers in my free time. Navigating cultural intersections as a mixed kid shaped my early years and sparked my curiosity about connection and diversity. Hosting exchange students in my family home only deepened this passion for languages and culture. So far, I’ve traveled to 19 countries and had the incredible opportunity to study abroad and live in Morocco, Jordan, and Thailand.  Seattle is my home city but being in the University of Washington has been a completely new and refreshing experience. 

 

A fun fact about me is that I'm passionate about art in any form--  you can see some of my work on the "art" page of this website. 

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The best decision I ever made was to take a gap year after graduating high school. During this year I learned more about myself and opening up to other perspectives, by becoming my grandma's caretaker and by interning with a local organization in Morocco for the other half of the year. After all this I found myself here at UW, where I'm excited to continue this learning adventure. 

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