Buyung Hadi
Food Security Indonesia
Buyung, an Indonesian entomologist, is currently serving as the country representative for the International Rice Research Institute in Cambodia, a position he says gives him…
Jabraan Pasha
Health OK, United States
Dr. Jabraan Pasha is an internal medicine physician, educator, and community health advocate, dedicated to the promotion of health equity. A Tulsa native and graduate…
Adekemi Adeniyan
Health Nigeria
Adekemi Adeniyan is the founder and executive director of Dentalcare Foundation. She is a fellow of the Young African Leaders Initiative RLC, West Africa; an…
Wendo Aszed
Education, Gender Kenya
Wendo is the founder and Executive Director of Dandelion Africa, a grass-roots organization based in Mogotio, Kenya, which focuses on women’s health economic empowerment. A…
Kerim Youba
Education, Social Justice - Equity Mauritania
Kerim is in charge of reintegrating incarcerated people in society in Mauritania, specializing in prison reform. As a social worker at Noura Foundation, Kerim is…
Ray Sanchez
TX, United States
Ray Sanchez is a bereaved father, a dad who held his daughter through a fight no child should ever face, and who knows the fear…
Aaron “AJ” Johnson
Food Security OK, United States
Aaron “AJ” Johnson is the Founder and CEO of Oasis FreshMarkets, the first full-service supermarket in North Tulsa’s historically black-neighborhood — once called ‘Black Wall…
Mugove “Gerald” Madziyire
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Zimbabwe
Dr. Gerald Madziyire is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, where he currently serves…
Rene Sparks
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights South Africa
Rene Sparks is a public health practitioner with a foundation in nursing and Senior Atlantic Fellow at Tekano – Health Equity South Africa. She has…
Meti Bekele Nega
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education Ethiopia
Meti works at the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences where she leads initiatives that strengthen evidence base to promote data –informed policy engagement on timely development…
ElsaMarie D’Silva
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights India
ElsaMarie DSilva is an accomplished development sector professional with extensive experience in creating impactful solutions for women’s and youth empowerment, as well as preventing gender-based…
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