Shannon Gavin – Manager of New Partnerships and Mobile Projects

Before joining Souktel, Shannon worked with Save the Children Yemen, leading a reading skills assessment of over 600 children across three southern governorates.

She brings a longstanding interest in using technology for social good, having worked on projects that employed low-cost technology to bring educational resources to marginalized communities and to improve intercultural understanding between Arabs and Americans.  Shannon holds a B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from Brown University and a M. Ed. from Harvard University where she focused on literacy acquisition in the Arab World.