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Marketing Coordinator |
Louis Shannon has lived primarily in the southwestern United States of America. He has called Colorado, Arizona and California home, and now resides in the great state of Washington. Louis joined Morocco Off the Beaten Track in 2015 as the marketing coordinator because of his passion for sharing culture and drive to be part of an organization that has such a strong sense of purpose. Louis has worked in the hospitality industry for many years, and has grown accustomed with social speaking, marketing and organization. He is currently pursuing continued education. Louis enjoys spending time outdoors, researching, cooking new recipes and meeting new people |
Field Operations Manager/ Program Leader |
Malika Boukbout is from Merzouga, Morocco. She graduated from Moulay Ismail University in Meknes with an English degree. Malika works for the U.S. Peace Corps as a Training Coordinator, and has over 15 years of experience with the organization. She has taught small American groups in their community based training and conducted cultural sessions to help trainees integrate and immerse in their communities. Malika now oversees all the training sites. This includes preparing the sites with the help of local authorities, ensuring the safety of the volunteers, identifying host families for home stay, maintaining budgets and timeframes, and assigning volunteers and trainees. She tracks schedules, progression, performance and behaviors of the volunteers, then provides coaching and instruction. Malika is a certified language tester from Peace Corps Washington and is part of the committee who revised the Peace Corps textbooks of Tamazight and Darija (language dialects). Prior to Peace Corps, she taught literacy classes to women with the Tafilalet Association in Rissani, Morocco. |
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Cross-Cultural Facilitator |
Hind Akachmar grew up in a small town called Ribat El kheir in the Middle Atlas Mountains . She obtained her BA degree in English from Fez University. Hind has a brighten experience working as a language and culture trainer for U.S. Peace Corps. Hind worked with adults in a cross-cultural setting, she was a team leader and assistant to Peace Corp volunteerss in conducting GLOW Camp in Azrou. In addition she served as the administrative assistant to the women Cooperative Adwal in Ribat El Kheir. Her duties at Adwal included translation with potential cutsomers and website maintenace. In July, 2012, she traveled to the Santa Fe Folkart Market as an interpreter and assistant for Cooperative Adwal where she also attended a workshop in costing and pricing. she has worked with people from several different English and French speaking countries. Hind is a native speaker of Tamazight, Fluent in Morocca and classical Arabic, English and French. |
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Administration Manager |
Samia El warti was born and raised in the Imperial city of Fez. She is a technician in accounting and companies’ management. Samia spent her time working as an accountant for five years for multinational companies in Tangier-Morocco. She speaks Arabic, French and she is improving her English. In her free time she enjoys cooking Moroccan food, making French pies, listening to oriental music and walking with herfriends. |
