Yasmine Rayyis
Senior Language Strategist
New York City
London School of Economics and Political Sciences, M.S. in International Development Management
University of California, Berkeley | B.A. in Linguistics, dual Minors in Global Studies and Applied Language Studies
What she brings to the team
- Experience in communications and policy spaces around the world– from Beijing, China to Batumi, Georgia
- A demonstrated background in both linguistics and political economics, studying how and why people and their communities make the choices they do
- A multilingual and multidisciplinary perspective, working to bridge the gaps that divide us and come out stronger on the other end
Ask her about
- Moving from Tbilisi to London to New York in the span of 2.5 years
- Growing up in China and the street food she’s currently missing the most
- The time she (almost) met Snoop Dogg and got a free coffee out of it
Words to Live By
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.”
– Rumi