Rudy Bazenet-Tilton

Co-founder President @The New Orleans Foundation For Francophone Cultures

New Orleans, LA, US

Created a cultural institute in New Orleans promoting French and Creole in Louisiana and the United States. • Created original content: Produced two short feature films (one of which aired internationally on TV5Monde) and one documentary (aired on PBS), created and designed educational resources (distributed for free to over immersion school students across Louisiana), curated an exhibition on the future of French and Creole in Louisiana (funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities).• Designed programs: Launched a program in partnership with Fulbright France, created an incubator program, Le Lab, to support the emergence of projects in French, organized the Forum Economique with the Embassy of France, the Government of Quebec, and Tulane University (which brought together 32 organizations and 500 participants in 2023). • Organized events, including conference series with Cambridge University and Global New Orleans (affiliated with the US State Department), concerts (in partnership with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra), and networking events. • Raised in two years (from grants and patrons), developed high-level partnerships with public institutions (Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Embassy of France to the United States, Government of Quebec), and created an online community of over followers.More information: nous-foundation.org

Université Paris Dauphine - PSL

Master's degree, International Studies