Post by Philippine Dolbeau

Here’s to you 2021. You’ve been tough. But you’ve probably taught me more this year than all the previous ones combined. More than anything else, you’ve offered me the chance to reunite with loved ones and to meet truly amazing souls. It’s funny how life, sometimes, offers encounters we didn’t expect anymore, guides us away from where we don’t belong to where we feel best, next to who we’re meant to be with, and doing what we always intrinsically knew we should be doing… Thank you for the all the memories of a lifetime and to everyone I have been extremely lucky to meet along the way. So here’s to a new year full of emotion and above all, passion ✨ ➡️ 9 photos out of the thousands I took this year, 9 of them going back on some headlines in my happy professional life in 2021. Hard to choose, as you can bet… But on those ten, you’ll see some super-amazing faces and moments, including : 1. Having fun (always!) on stage at Viva Technology this summer 🎙 2. One of my best memories as the Sherpa of the French Delegation at the G20 in Milan, having a laugh with the best co-Sherpa Maxime Guillaud along with Ingrid Sollner, Charlotte Dubost, Aurelie Billat Payet, Emmanuel Mounier, Areeba Rehman, Christophe de Becdelievre, Philippe Lerouge & Agnes Bernat Vague 🍀 3. An absolute and sincere honour to serve the French Presidency 🇫🇷 4. Next to Natacha Quester-Séméon, Tatiana F-Salomon, Jean-Michel Blanquer and the fantastic team at #JamaisSansElles at the Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, de la Jeunesse et des Sports for the first national #JamaisSansElles day, acting for equality and girls’ rights in French schools 🏫 5. L’autre honneur de ma vie cette année, aux côtés de ba&sh contre les violences faites aux femmes et aux enfants ♥️ 6. First comeback in schools after lockdowns with truly impressive students at PARIS'COM SUP ! 👏🏼 7. Giving a very personal speech for the Laboratoire de la République, created by Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, later this year. 🎤 8. Surrounded by passionate students working on making of the world a better place to live after a conference at Viva Technology (again!) 🌏 9. With the most beautiful flag on Earth, and where life may have surprised me the most this year by giving me the gift of a lifetime to meet Maryline Perenet🧚‍♂️🧚‍♂️. She doesn’t know it but she’s absolutely fantastic and the future of education is in her hands 🌟 All in all, a year full of stunning souls. Wishing you all a truly amazing new year 🎈