Christelle is the daughter of Roger, a seafarer who was held hostage in Somalia last 2008. Her father was held hostage for almost 3 months. Because of this, Christelle was forced to drop out from school. Christelle is a talented young girl who does painting. She is also a taekwondo black belter.

Through Project Malasakit and our donors, Christelle graduated with a BS HRM degree from Fatima University in Antipolo in April 2013.

Christelle is now working as an assistant pastry chef. Christelle is also a very talented painter. She has participated in various art exhibits. Recently, she has done a series of artworks which she intends to launch in an exhibit.