📍Illinois 🇺🇸 « Authenticity is a rare and high-priced commodity; in fact, people have to fight fiercely to be who they truly are, because it might disturb these fabricated norms. This struggle is a mission of its own, that many of us dismiss for convenient reasons, and lack the time to really think about it. We simply give up our uniqueness to become another version of us that will comply and quickly be dissolved into the crowd » (Dr. Karima Hana-Meksem) Favorite movie line: “𝙉𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙨 𝘽𝙖𝙗𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧” (𝘿𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜, 1987) Favorite novel: 𝘼 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣'𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚 (𝙇𝙖 𝙑𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙙'𝙐𝙣𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙢𝙢𝙚) (𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙚𝙮 𝘿'𝘼𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙮, 1874) 🔹Education & Human development, French Language & Francophone Cultures, Bilingual Education, Career Development, Diversity & Inclusion, Life Coaching. -Proud Third Culture kid - 𝘽𝙤𝙧𝙣, 𝙍𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 & 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 🇫🇷 “To know Paris is to know a great deal.” (Henry Miller) -𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 🇲🇦 𝙛𝙤𝙧 7𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time. (Tahar Ben Jelloun) -𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 🇺🇸 “America is not just a country, but a way of life.” (Anonymous) My passion is about promoting human beings, and helping people (and myself ) to view ourselves as UNIQUE human beings in order to achieve our full potential! ✳️ Feel free to pinge me to moderate or participate in rooms about Leadership development, Empowerment, Happiness, Personal development, Muslim women, Stereotypes and discrimination in hiring, Education and Bilingual Education www.theu-coaching.com (coming very soon) Connect with me on www.LinkedIn.com/in/karimahanameksemphd