French Majors in the Real World

Lisa Grimes

Lisa Grimes (class of ’11)

Sofitel

 

French Hotel and Restaurant

(Washington, D.C.)

 

Executive assistant to the General manager

Greg Pesce (class of ’10)

Reed Midem, Paris

 

Sales Advisor (Conseiller Commercial)

 
"I organize and conduct sales (more or less telemarketing) campaigns, both in French and English, to convince existing and prospective clients to participate in MIPIM, the international property market held every year in Cannes."
Greg Pesce French student
French Student Internship

Marie-Claire Mandolia (class of 2013)

 

Tour guide at City Hall, Caen France

Summer Internship 2011

Joe Hatheway French Major Cameroon

Joe Hatheway (class of ’06)

Peace Corps, Cameroon

 

HIV/AIDS educator and English high-school teacher

Paula Olson (class of ’09)

Internship with Empowering the Poor, Inc.

 

Liaison between the main office in Côte d’Ivoire and Fredericksburg, VA

Paula Olson French Major
French major translator

Chelsea Swisher (class of ’10)

 

Internship with First Peoples WorldWide

 

Translator

Stephanie Combs (class of ’10)

 

Translator, INTERNSHIP WITH fIRST PEOPLES WORLDWIDE

and

English teaching assistant at LycÉe Marcel Cachin

 

French Major UMW translator

Leslie Machado French Major

 

Leslie Machado (class of ’06)

 

MARINE CORPS, Equipment evaluator

Arielle De Soucey (Class of ’07)

 

Assistant Manager/Sommelier at Grand Cru Vineria (Arlington, VA)

 

"I speak with wine distributors (some are even French so I get to practice with them!) , order the wine for the store, create wine/food pairings, and help to create the wine lists."
De Soucey French Wine
Lindsay D'adamo French major

Lindsay D’Adamo (class of ’09)

 

English instructor in 3 elementary schools in Saint-Priest, France

 

Lauren Bishop French Major

Lauren Bishop (class of ’08)

 

High School French Teacher

Chatham High School, Pittsylvania County Schools,

Jennifer Davis

(class of ’08)

Peace Corps,

Mali

Jennifer is an environment volunteer, working on sustainable development projects including building a cereal bank, improving the quality of shea butter, and nuts and cattle raising.

 

"My French has been invaluable as I learn the local language, Bambara, and work with NGOs and people in administrative positions."
Jennifer Davis in Mali

Jasmine Junk (class of ’06)

French Embassy in Washington D.C. (Intern)

Peace Corps, Cameroon

 

Intern at the Embassy Press Office. Writer for News from France, a French Embassy publication.

High-school teacher of English and Computer Skills in the city of Guider.

Jasmine Junk in Cameroon
Julia Sullivan French

Julia Sullivan (class of ’07)

Administrative Aide, Communications Planning Department

Airline Pilots Association

Julia Kroner (class of ’06)

 

High-School French Teacher

Charleston Catholic high School

Julia Kroner French Teacher
Jenni Canning French teacher

Jennifer Canning (Class of ’07)

 

French Teacher

Spotsylvania High School,

Graduate Student in French at GMU

 

Jennifer is currently writing her Master’s thesis on the French-Canadian writer Gabrielle Roy.

 

Sarah Perry in France

Sarah Perry (class of ’06)

 

"CommEdienne" and resident of Bordeaux, France

Kathy Lanzarone (Class of ’06)

 

French and ESL Teacher at Massaponax High School

Professeur d’anglais

Ecole Duquesne, Paris

Kathy Lanzarone in France