Esset Teshome is a junior at Princeton University, studying educational policies in the School of Public and International Affairs and pursuing a minor in Translation and Intercultural Communication. Her interest in languages and Ge’ez started young as she grew up in the Ethiopian Orthodox church in Addis Ababa. She is currently learning Ge’ez and working on translating manuscripts from Ge’ez to Amharic. She assists with Amharic translation and transcribing Ge'ez to English translations with the PEMM team. In her free time, she likes to read literary fiction and go on walks