About QFI

Moneera Al-Badi

Postgraduate Fellow: Communications

Moneera Al-Badi is a talented graphic designer from Doha, Qatar, who recently joined the team at QFI.  She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Virginia Commonwealth University – Qatar. Moneera’s vision is to combine art with education to make it easy and fun for students to learn and understand Arabic. She recently created and designed an innovative language wheel to be used for native English speakers and with no background in Arabic or the Arabic alphabet. The wheel is designed to write English words into Arabic. The wheel will be used in schools and can be downloaded as an App for people around the world to use it.  Her future plans are to continue creating more visual tools and software with different languages to help spread education around the world in a creative and artistic style.

Jessica Q. Chen

Postgraduate Fellow: Communications

Jessica Q. Chen is a photographer and videographer who specializes in digital storytelling and visual journalism. She was a recipient of the 2010 Medill National Security Journalism Fellowship, and her multimedia project that covered climate change as a U.S. national security threat won a 2011 Online New Association award for best Student Multimedia Feature. Jessica graduated with her master's from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, with an emphasis in investigative reporting. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, the Miami Herald, Entrepreneur magazine and Businessweek. Jessica has a deep interest in documentary film, social media and the Middle East. She speaks Mandarin Chinese and is based in Washington, D.C.

John Compton

Postgraduate Fellow: Arabic Language and Culture Initiative

A native of Seattle, Washington, John recently completed a Masters degree from the University of Washington in Middle East Studies and Public Administration.  Fluent in Arabic, John has received numerous fellowships for the study of Arabic language and culture and has lived abroad in Cairo, Egypt.  His specializations include Arab civil society and democratization, organizational strategy, international development, and program evaluation.  John has extensive experience working to support youth-driving organizations and Arabic language programs at the high school and college level.  John is  supporting QFI’s Arabic language and culture initiative, and is currently based in Washington, DC.

Camila Ferreira

Intern: Programs/Communications

Camila is a journalism student at Northwestern University in Qatar. She joined QFI as part of her residency program during her spring semester. She is currently an intern for the Programs department. During her sophomore year, Camila was part of the school´s student government, basketball team and photography club. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she did one year of Fashion Design prior to her moving to Doha, Qatar. Now as a QFI intern, she helps connect with QFI´s partner in Brazil.

Courtney Randall

Intern: Operations

As a student at Prince George’s Community College, Courtney is working towards an A.S. in Business Administration. She later plans on transferring to the University of Maryland College Park, where she plans to pursue an MBA in Business Management. Courtney is currently an Operations Intern at QFI and hopes to gain experience in non-profit administration and operations.

Charlie Reaume

Intern: Arabic Language and Culture Initiative

Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Charlie is a recent graduate of Portland State University, where he studied Economics, International studies with a Middle East focus, and Arabic language.   He most recently returned from Cairo, Egypt, where he researched economic issues related to the Jan. 25th revolution, his focus was youth unemployment.  During the 2009-2010 academic year, Charlie, was the first student from PSU to study abroad at the American University of Beirut.   He loves to travel, ski, cycle, and was a member of the top-ranked, national championship winning University of Washington Men’s Rowing Team.  His interests include international development, global diplomacy, conflict resolution, political economy, youth issues, and cultural exchange.  Charlie has joined QFI as an intern for the Arabic Language and Culture Initiative.

Caitlin Sewell

Intern: Communications

Caitlin R. Sewell is a journalism senior at Northwestern University in Qatar and specializes in photography, public relations, and social media.  She is a co-founder of The Youth Company United and her photographs have been published in the QF Telegraph, The Foundation magazine, The Gulf Times and The Peninsula.   She also currently interns with Blue Legacy, an organization founded by Alexandra Cousteau that is devoted to shaping conversations about water issues and protecting our water planet.  When she isn’t working as a Red Bull girl in Doha, or practicing being a news anchor in NU-Q’s studio, Caitlin likes to photograph people’s portraits and work on documentaries about environmental and social issues.

Wadha Tariq

Intern: Programs and Communications

A recent high school graduate from Raba'a Al Adawiya Secondary School for Girls, Wadha has been involved with QFI's language and cultural exchange and youth leadership programs for the past two years. These programs inspired Wadha's interest in majoring in International Affairs. With plans to study at Georgetown University-Qatar, she is currently interning with QFI to gain experience and learn more about its programs.