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…
Folake Kio-Olayinka
Health Nigeria
Folake Olayinka is a physician and global health leader with extensive experience in immunization, maternal and child health, malaria, HIV, and health systems strengthening. Since…
Etta Madete
Environment Kenya
Etta Madete is a BORAQS registered Sustainable Design Architect, EDGE Expert, Aspen Senior Fellow passionate about affordable sustainable housing. She is the co-founder and director…
Juliet Otieno
Health Kenya
Juliet Awuor Otieno, the founder of Mwanadada CBO, Mwanadada communication digital communication consultancy, and an alumnus of the Emerging Leaders Foundation, is a Masters student of Development Communication and…
Anatole Manzi
Health Rwanda
Anatole grew up in the hills of rural Rwanda, ensuring the family livestock stayed out of trouble. “My sense of responsibility comes from being a…
Dr. Jean Baptiste Musafiri
Health Rwanda
Dr Jean Baptiste Musafiri is a medical doctor and clinical psychologist with an extensive 23-year background in public health. His experience spans both national and…
Anick Dupuy
Health Haiti
As President of Fondation Capital Bank Haiti and INASSA (Internationale Assurance SA), Anick Dupuy drives innovative initiatives to promote financial inclusion, health equity, and community…
Narayan Adhikari
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Nepal
Narayan studied forestry in his home country of Nepal, but rejected a post as a forest ranger when he realized this would enmesh him in…
Yetnayet Asfaw Demessie
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Ethiopia
A physician by training, Asfaw has dedicated her professional and personal life to advancing the cause of girls and women for the past 18 years. …
Ana Michelle Dubon Estrada
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Guatemala
Michelle is an OBGYN and medical director at WINGS Guatemala, which provides services to thousands of people each year. “Before I could even speak, I…
Erica Plybeah
Health TN, United States
Erica Plybeah is a social justice innovator who dismantles the barriers that exist between the people who need care and the places where services exist….
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