Leading Women of Tomorrow
Medha Reddy is launching Leading Women of Tomorrow in College Park, MD. Leading Women of Tomorrow seeks to teach college and graduate students the fundamentals of preparing for a career in public service through a yearlong training program at universities across the country. Topics covered include developing a campaign strategy, digital presence, effective messaging, public […]
Medha Reddy
Medha Reddy is currently a sophomore at the University of Chicago. Her work has strived to advocate for those underrepresented in government. Medha’s interest in government and politics began upon her visit to the White House in 2009, where President Bush recognized her and her peer’s volunteer efforts at the annual Turkey Pardoning. Since these […]
SiChana
SiChana is an online advocacy platform targeting issues affecting young girls around the world. The platform will serve as a space for the exchange of skills and lessons aimed at girls between the ages of 9-18. It will also serve as a space for the exchange of stories and experiences faced by girls all over […]
Michelle Mboya
Michelle is a senior at Yale double majoring in Film Studies and Economics. She is from Nairobi but wants to travel the world enough such that she can call herself a global citizen! At Yale, she works on CityStep, a service dance organization and on film projects. She is passionate about telling stories about and […]
Project Plus One
Project Plus One developed a domestic violence education module to be integrated into an existing education program for midwives from rural regions of Timor Leste. Through this venture, 17 midwives were able to directly impact 115 patients across 17 different villages across 11 different rural regions of Timor-Leste. The midwives were trained in recognizing and […]
Sarah Van Buren
Sarah Van Buren is a graduate of Brandeis University who studied Biology and International & Global Studies with minors in Peace, Conflict, & Coexistence Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies.She holds with her a fundamental belief that every individual has the right to adequate healthcare. With these convictions, Sarah currently works with several health-focused NGOs including […]
Rutendo Chigora
Rutendo Chigora founded ZW Connect, a social business incubator for low-income communities in her home country of Zimbabwe, giving them access to funding, training, and business startup support. A firm believer in supporting entrepreneurs to facilitate sustainable private sector development in Africa, Rutendo has worked in public sector consulting at McKinsey & Co. and in […]
Courtney Price
Courtney Price is a third year international relations student at the University of Queensland. She has been a part of the Meri Toksave team from the start and now stands as the organisation’s Marketing Coordinator. She is involved in a number of activities and organisations around UQ to make her university experience even more unforgettable. […]
Ayesha Lutschini
Ayesha Lutschini is the Founder and Director of Meri Toksave. She was born and raised in Papua New Guinea and this helped shape her passion towards social justice and international development. Ayesha is in her final year of her Bachelor of Arts (International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies) and Bachelor of Social Science (Development) […]
Samantha Wang
Samantha (Yu) Wang is currently an electrical engineering major with an entrepreneurship and management minor at Johns Hopkins University. Although she is an electrical engineering major, she is also interested in the area of medicine and specifically applying engineering concepts to medicine. Aside from her studies, most of her time is dedicated towards cardiology stem […]
