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Eve Olimpo is a native French speaker from Montreal, Canada, and has lived in the US for 12 years. She is an interior designer working at Inhabiture in Palo Alto, a retail outlet for an architectural company which specializes in sustainable design and construction – “ we create beautiful and healthy residential and commercial spaces.” Eve works with clients to explain options in terms of green design and advises them on sustainable furniture and furnishing, products that are selected for natural eco-friendly qualities.
As a mother with four children, Eve learned English by knowing how to get by in casual conversation. She describes how scared she felt not being able to understand the language when she went to college and had to learn technical terms and a more “professional” way to express herself. She joined the certificate program in the Interior Design Department at West Valley College followed by the LEED Internship Program.