Christelle is a Lebanese Architect and Programme Management Officer working at
UN-Habitat's HQ in Nairobi, Kenya. She is coordinating the urban health workstream and supports the work of planning for social inclusion and equity under the Planning, Finance and Economy section. Her work focuses on mainstreaming gender in planning processes, engaging vulnerable groups in city planning decisions, creating inclusive public spaces and supporting innovation and technology in urban projects.
Christelle speaks Arabic, English, French, Spanish, and American Sign Language. Before joining UN-Habitat, she worked in Cape Town as an urban planner with Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU). She holds a master’s in Emergency Architecture and International Cooperation from the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya and a master’s in Architecture from Holy Spirit University of Kaslik - USEK.