Manar joined TFL as a fellow in 2016; she was placed in Bakhaoun, North Lebanon. The fellowship taught her a lot about the importance of education in making a change in any community. After her fellowship, Manar wanted to keep working with TFL in order to continue having an impact, so she joined the team as education mentor for North Lebanon. Currently, Manar is the coordinator for the English Access Microscholarship Program. She oversees the progress of the program to ensure that its main goals are met. She creates timelines, schedules, and work-plans with the Access team, relevant departments, and external stakeholders to ensure the implementation of planned activities. She also manages the administrative tasks for the project. 

Manar enjoys long walks in nature.

Ahmad holds a bachelor’s degree in banking and finance.  Prior to joining TFL, he worked as an accountant, a warehouse manager, an English teacher, and a teacher trainer. Ahmad joined TFL in November of 2020 as an education mentor. He provides logistical, technical, and emotional guidance and support to our fellows in Beirut and in southern Lebanon. 

Ahmad believes that access to excellent education regardless of socioeconomic background is a human right, and that TFL is playing a key role in ensuring that Lebanese children are granted this right. He wants to help TFL grow and thrive in order to maximize its positive impacts.

Joelle joined TFL in November of 2020 as an education mentor. She manages the training and support of our fellows, equipping them with the knowledge, skillset, and mindset to become highly effective teachers. Joelle holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the Lebanese University. Prior to joining TFL, she worked as a school advisor at the GC Model UN, as an English teacher, and as an English editor. 

Joelle works for TFL because she believes in its humanitarian mission of delivering quality education to students regardless of their socioeconomic background – it’s a chance to make a difference in our society.

Zeina holds a bachelor's degree in graphic design from the American University of Beirut. She has 13 years of experience working in communications and branding in Beirut, in positions including design manager and senior art director. She joined TFL in December 2020, after over a decade of working in the corporate world, because she felt that she needed to use the skills she had developed to serve a humanitarian cause, and that this would bring meaning and purpose to her work. 

Zeina’s responsibilities include managing TFL’s day-to-day digital activities and communications, developing and homogenizing the TFL brand, setting up promotional activities and events, and managing external communications. Zeina's role is to be a bridge between TFL and its many stakeholders. She dedicates her time to ensuring that the achievements of our organization – of our staff, fellows, and students – are made visible to all.

Talal Achi joined Teach For Lebanon as a communication’s officer in January 2021. He specializes in copywriting and copyediting. Prior to joining TFL, Talal worked in a variety of fields including advertising, literary editing, and pedagogical software design. Talal joined TFL because he found the organization’s cause, as well as the people serving it, thoroughly compelling. He has faith that his work will be a net good for people, which is why he is doing it. 

Talal holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Lewis & Clark College (Portland, OR) as well as a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Guelph (Guelph, ON). 

Hussein is currently working on TFL’s 1001 Nights project, for which he handles most of the logistics. He is the host for TFL’s Storyvoice ; he also provides help and support throughout our organization where and when needed. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and international affairs from the Lebanese American University, of which he co-founded the Citizenship Club, and he is the recipient of awards from universities worldwide. Before joining TFL as a fellow and English teacher in 2018, Hussein worked as a logistics coordinator at LAU, and as a project assistant for the Lebanese Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Hussein firmly believes that in order to achieve the greater good we must give back to those less fortunate than ourselves, and he is deeply committed to TFL’s mission of providing education to underprivileged children regardless of socioeconomic, sectarian, or geographical barriers. 

Rima Sherkawi joined Teach For Lebanon as an English Access Microscholarship Program mentor in February 2021. She holds a master’s degree in educational management from the Lebanese American university. Rima is also an alumni of TFL’s fellowship program (Cohort 1, 2009–2011). The two-year teaching experience had an extremely positive impact on her, both personally and professionally. Post-fellowship, she decided to continue teaching English. Overall, she has accumulated 14 years of experience teaching at levels ranging from kindergarten to high school. 

Rima has always noticed major discrepancies and inequalities in education between private and public schools. TFL gives her the opportunity to contribute in breaking this cycle of inequality and providing all students with what they need and deserve – all in order to build a better future.