
Lolo Ihesie
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Nigeria
Lolo started her own social enterprise, LoloTalks, to increase comprehensive sexuality education across Nigeria, with a special focus on people in underserved communities such as…


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…


Dr. Janel Pasley
Health OK, United States
Dr. Janel Pasley, is a visual artist, writer, innovator, and community advocate who works to strengthen the non-profit sector and challenge existing systems to achieve equity…


Monica Hernandez Sanchez
Education TX, United States
Monica Hernandez Sanchez is a data driven strategist developing a spectrum of care for individuals, families, and communities impacted by behavioral health-related complexities. She is…


Jensi Sartin
Environment Indonesia
Jensi says that his experience growing up in the rainforests of Borneo – where deforestation was already under way – prepared him for his professional…


Junaid Nabi
Health India
Junaid is a physician, public health researcher, bioethicist, and a writer. As a Kashmiri, he has a unique perspective on living between nations and bringing…


Gloria Agyare
Education, Environment, Food Security Ghana
Gloria Agyare is a passionate young Ghanaian environmentalist and advocate for sustainable agri-food systems. She collaborates closely with local farmers and the youth, championing eco-friendly…


Samuel “SAS” Kargbo
Health Sierra Leone
Dr. Samuel Kargbo is the director of Health Systems, Policy, Planning and Information in the in Ministry of Health & Sanitation of Sierra Leone. His…


James Kassaga Arinaitwe
Education Uganda
At a young age, Arinaitwe lost his parents and four siblings to infectious diseases, which included HIV/AIDS in rural western Uganda. As an “AIDS orphan”…


Ify Aniebo
Health Nigeria
After suffering from bouts of malaria as a child, Dr. Aniebo decided fight back by studying malaria drug resistance and its implications for vaccine work…


Deborah Nakatudde
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Uganda
Nakatudde Deborah is the founder and Executive Director of Serving Lives Under Marginalization -SLUM an organization in Uganda that provides SRHR services, HIV prevention, care…


Camryn Smith
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education, Governance, Social Justice - Equity NC, United States
Camryn Smith is a social justice accountability expert focusing on economic and social liberation for black and brown communities and people. Her work is informed…

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