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Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
1009 Heinz Avenue
Berkeley, California, 94710
United States

Charlotte Dison

student

Charlotte is currently a seventh grader at Ecole Bilingue in Berkeley, California.

Collette Yee

Detection Dog Methodologist

A Detection Dog Methodologist with expertise in wildlife conservation and the growing application of detection dogs for multidisciplinary problem solving. A Bay Area native, and Cal Berkeley graduate, Collette left the bustling city in pursuit of a quieter life working in conservation. From forest to sea, Collette will take you out of the city and into the wilderness to share about the powerful partnership between her and Jack, the detection dog that changed the way she saw the world.

Emmanuel Ezeba

student

Emmanuel Ezeba is currently an 8th grade student at Ecole Bilingue in Berkeley, California.

Joseph Ross

student

Joseph is 13 years old and in 8th grade. He is really interested in sports and history.

Josephine Chacon

student artist

Josie Chacon is currently an eighth grade student and an inspired visual artist in the class of 2023 of Ecole Bilingue in Berkeley, California.

Luca Waugh

student

Luca Waugh moved to Berkeley, California when he was 5, where he started at Ecole Bilingue. He is now in the seventh grade.

Max LaGatta

student

Max LaGatta is currently an eighth grade student at Ecole Bilingue in Berkeley, California.

Maya Guzdar

Scholar of Global Affairs

Maya Guzdar is a scholar of global affairs. She studied international relations at Stanford University and is fascinated by the intersection of U.S. politics and foreign policy—particularly in relation to issues of social justice and democratic resilience. She interned at the Department of Defense and has published pieces advocating for policy reform and increased diversity within the national security space. She is currently living in Beijing working on her masters in U.S.-China relations as a part of the Schwarzman Scholarship.

Monique Hightower-Gaskin

student and actress

Monique Hightower-Gaskin is a highly skilled and experienced 12-year-old musical theater actress. Identified as gifted in theater as a Kindergartener in New Orleans, she speaks French and is a competitive swimmer. Monique has trained and starred in several plays at the Black Repertory Theater in Berkeley, the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, and French Woods Camp in Hancock, NY. Most recently she starred as Chloe at Theater Rhinoceros, “How Black Mothers Say I Love you” and young Betty in The San Francisco Bay Area Theater Company, “Sign my name to Freedom: the Unheard Songs of Betty Reid Soskin."

Noemie Lassalle

student

Noemie is currently a seventh grader at Ecole Bilingue, an international school in Berkeley, California.

Sophia Garcia-Becerra

student

Sophia is currently a seventh grader in Ecole Bilingue in Berkeley, California.

Valentin Robert

student

Valentin is an 8th grader who was born in France. He spent 7 years there before moving to the United States of America. He enjoyed adapting to the American culture, and nowadays people won’t guess he is French. This is his second TEDx Talk.