The American mezzo-soprano, Julia Paolillo, obtained her Bachelor's degree Magna Cum Laude in International Studies: African Studies, Political Science, and Arabic specialization from Middlebury College (Class of 2015); attended the African Leadership Academy as Gap Year Student, studying African Government Systems, Swahili, Arabic (2017); and obtained her Master of Education degree in Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology from Harvard Graduate School of Education (Class of 2022). During her studies in Harvard, she performed as a professional chorister in daily morning services with the Harvard University Choir (Director: Edward Elwyn Jones) and delivered several solo performances in front of both large and small audiences, and was also the Ferris Choral Fellows and particpated in productions of Harvard College Opera. |