About me
Yasmine El Baggari, a native of Morocco, is passionate about connecting people and bridging cultures to encourage a more peaceful caring world. She launched Voyaj, an online platform that matches host families with travelers, worldwide, to provide people with meaningful experiences – opening hearts and minds. For the past four years, Yasmine’s reach has included work with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, research at Harvard University, and the US State Department as a Young Moroccan Ambassador. She has presented her research at the following conferences: Middle East Studies Association, National Organization for Women, and the African Studies Association. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Forbes, and the Huffington Post. Yasmine has received awards from the African Studies Association, Hampshire College’s $60K Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, The Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, the Sander Thoenes Research Award, and two Ingenuity Awards. Recently, she was invited to the White House as one of the 100 Most Influential Travel Bloggers.