Mouniati Moana-Chakour

Mouniati Moana-Chakour is a trailblazing educator, recognized as the first female agrégée from Mayotte and the first agrégée in history-geography from her island. With a career spanning over a decade, she has dedicated herself to transforming the lives of her students in France and Mayotte through innovative, inclusive, and engaging teaching practices. Since beginning her teaching career in 2013, Mouniati has worked in diverse educational contexts—from affluent suburbs in Hauts-de-Seine to under-resourced schools in Mayotte—adapting her pedagogy to meet each community’s unique challenges. 

Her work in Mayotte, where she taught at Collège Kawéni 2 for eight years, was particularly transformative. Facing students with significant linguistic and socio-economic barriers, she developed tailored teaching tools, integrated local languages into her curriculum, and introduced creative methods such as debates, project-based learning, and rhetoric workshops. Her commitment to oral expression has enabled students to build confidence, develop critical thinking, and achieve measurable academic progress. 

Mouniati’s impact extends beyond the classroom. She has been a formative leader, serving as a trainer and pilot of academic programs in two French academies (Mayotte and Bordeaux) and as a charged of mission in academic inspection for history-geography. She has also coordinated regional eloquence competitions and trained hundreds of teachers in pedagogy, digital tools, and public speaking. Her contributions have been recognized nationally, including a second prize in a women-focused public service eloquence contest, coverage on France Inter’s Parcours de combattants, and features in local media in Mayotte. 

In addition to her formal teaching, Mouniati engages tens of thousands of learners on social media under the handle Misstoiregeo, using Instagram and TikTok to extend education beyond the classroom and provide accessible, dynamic content to students across France. Despite living with a rare respiratory condition that requires her to use oxygen, she continues to teach with passion, modeling resilience and determination for her students. 

Her approach to education is holistic, combining rigorous academic standards with empathy, human connection, and global citizenship. She integrates climate education, sustainability, media literacy, and cross-cultural exchanges into her programs, preparing students to thrive in an interconnected world. 

If awarded the Global Teacher Prize 2026, Mouniati plans to use the funds to support educational projects for under-resourced schools, create a foundation for young learners in disadvantaged territories, and amplify innovative teaching practices. Her career embodies a relentless commitment to equity, innovation, and inspiration, making her a truly outstanding educator whose influence reaches far beyond the classroom.