Tsanta Gaelle Ramamonjisoa

Tsanta Gaelle Ramamonjisoa has devoted the past five years of her life to volunteering and helping in multiple areas including translation, English teaching, childcare, and community-based work. She contributed to the empowerment of children from impoverished families in a program called “Girls Leading Our World,” initiated by Peace Corps volunteers. Tsanta Gaelle Ramamonjisoa is currently the President of Saint Michel Alumni English Club, one of the leading private high schools in Madagascar, and an intern at the EducationUSA Center. Gaelle has volunteered with several other organizations including Share Life, which is a group of theatre artists from Broadway that empowers street children through drama, and Operation Smile South Africa during which she assisted the medical records leader with patients’ records. She is currently studying to earn a bachelor’s degree in Culture, Communication and Languages Applied to Tourism from the University of Antananarivo. Upon completing the Washington Fellowship, she plans to create an NGO aimed at giving neglected children the chance to travel for free so they have the opportunity to be inspired and hope for a brilliant future. Gaelle was one of 100 Fellows competitively selected to participate in an 8-week internship in the United States following the Mandela Washington Fellowship academic institute. She interned at the U.S. Peace Corps in August-September 2014.