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M Class of 2013 Anne Vallot-Basker When Anne Vallot-Basker ’13 first came to Marymount in Class IX, she didn’t think she could learn Spanish. “That’s what I had been told at my previous school,” she says. “But Mrs. Alvar encouraged me to keep trying. She told me, ‘You’re going to be good in Spanish. Trust me.’ She gave me confidence.” The following summer while working in rural Mexico, Anne says, “It clicked. I was finally able to communicate in Spanish, and I loved it. I realized I wanted to learn more languages, to meet more people and hear their stories, to explore other worlds and cultures.” After graduating from Marymount, Anne went to the American University of Paris, learned French, and spent her junior year in Lebanon where she also taught English twice a week to Syrian children in a refugee settlement. “I first became interested in Syria while I was at Marymount,” Anne says. “I wanted to understand more about it, to put a human face to the conflict.” When she returned to Paris for her senior year, Anne continued working with Syrian children in an art therapy program that she organized with other students at her university. Now she is in her first year of a master’s program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies with intensive Arabic at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) at the University of London. When she completes her graduate degree, Anne would like to continue working with Syrian refugees, learn Turkish and Farsi, and pursue a career in human rights: “A few summers ago, when I was living in Palestine, I met a girl who was born on the same day and in the same year as me. I thought, ‘That could have been me. I could have been born in Palestine, surrounded by walls and borders.’ I’ve been incredibly fortunate. When you’ve gone to a school like Marymount that is filled with such love and kindness, it makes you want to give back, to put some good into this world. Because, when it comes down to it, we have as much in common with others as that which sets us apart.” 4
“When you’ve gone to a school like Marymount that is filled with such love and kindness, it makes you want to give back, to put some good into this world.” 5
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