Mahalet Dejene

Mahalet Dejene was born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. She moved to Baltimore, MD when she was 6 years old. She was in a performing arts magnet for middle school and was involved in theatre since she was 11 years old. She attended New York University on scholarship for Broadcast Journalism and Spanish. While there, she studied abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina to learn Spanish. She became fluent in the language.