Newsletter (2017-2018) January 2018 Newsletter | Page 5

FEATURED IT OF
THE MONTH
Indi Diarra | Mali & USA
Indi was born in Los Angeles, California, and has a bachelor’s degree in
Forensic Psychology as well as a master’s degree in Teaching English to
Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). She is often busy either reading
an exciting book or learning a new dance.
01 Indi has an affinity for lan-
guages. She can speak 7 includ-
ing English, French, Japanese,
Bambara, some Korean and a
little bit of Mandarin and Can-
tonese. She’s always interested
in learning more.
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02 Indi’s family is from Mali, a
country in west Africa which is
in the Sahara Desert.
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03 Indi’s grandfather was the
president of Mali for twen-
ty-three years and her father
was the Prime Minister for one
year.
04 Indi has two younger brothers.
To the right the three of them
are pictured with their mother.
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05 Indi has lived in Mali, The USA,
Kenya, South Africa, Ghana,
Canada, and Hong Kong.
06 Indi moved to Hong Kong
completely on a whim, with-
out much planning in advance.
She just decided she wanted to
move to Asia and she did it!
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07 Indi is an avid reader. She read
the last Harry Potter book in
less than 5 hours.
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JANUARY 2018