Velani Dibba will be attending Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service in the fall where she will be studying International Politics and Art. She has lived and studied in Gambia, West Africa, as well as at the Fondazione Villaggio dei Ragazzi in Maddaloni, Italy. Both a National Merit Finalist and National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude recipient, she hopes to learn Arabic and continue studying Latin and Italian in her undergraduate years.