Jamila Hawkins

Jamila is from San Jose, California, and graduated from the University of San Francisco with a degree in International Studies. After working with several U.S.-Japan-related nonprofit organizations, she earned a master's degree in International Education Management and Language Program Administration from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey. She then worked at Stanford University's Bing Overseas Studies Program before joining FSI and SCPKU. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and learning languages. She's currently studying Mandarin and Thai, but also speaks Japanese, and has previously studied Korean and Spanish.