Rachel Antonsen, Arabic Language Teacher

Rachel is passionate about Arabic language, music, and education. She is currently pursuing an M.A. in Teaching Arabic K-12 at Boston University. She taught Arabic at the Middlebury Arabic School and Stanford University, where she earned her B.A. in Middle East History in 2012. In 2007, she first fell in love with Arabic, and has since lived and studied in Egypt and Jordan. This is her second year with the CAC. Last year, she was a Development and Programming intern with the Center for Arabic Culture, and still regularly accompanies the CAC Children’s Choir on violin. She also teaches violin privately.