Cobby Amoah
Born in Ghana, Cobby Amoah is passionate about healthcare delivery around that world. This drive led him to found Peach Health, a mobile electronic medical records company dedicated to using health data to diagnose disease and predict outbreaks. Peach is currently operating in Ghana. In the U.S, Cobby runs Obaa Inc, a telemedicine platform that […]
Peach Health
Peach Health utilizes a mobile and web platform to collect important maternal health records, detect high risk pregnancies, and refer such cases to doctors miles away for remote diagnosis. Having secured approval from the Ghana Ministry of Health, Cobby will launch his venture in Accra, Ghana, and then scale it to the surrounding region.
Christelle Kwizera
Christelle Kwizera, 21, is a young Rwandan activist and aspiring social entrepreneur. Currently a senior in Mechanical Engineering at Oklahoma Christian University, Kwizera works full time to promote youth-led initiatives and help fellow young people achieve their full potential. Kwizera is the CFO of Emerging Leaders and Entrepreneurs of Rwanda, a platform for youth innovation, creativity and […]
Ingabo Safe Sites
Christelle’s venture is a program for the youth by the youth, working to provide access to sexual and reproductive health (“SRH”) services to a community in Kigali, Rwanda. The SRH services will be equitable, affordable, confidential, and free of stigma and discrimination. Launching on university campuses, Christelle will focus on basic SRH education to empower […]
Maura Alvarez
She is a recently graduated doctor from the Universidad Central de Venezuela. She was born and raised in Caracas. During her years at the University she had the chance to be part of multiple activities that helped her develop as a student leader. In 2011 she was in the students’ council, later in 2012 she […]
Shaman Project
Maura, a medical student from Venezuela, was inspired by a national requirement for students to spend four months in a rural area. She will be creating a program that brings medical students to the Amazonas region of Venezuela to deliver a five-step program in basic medical support, including programming for first aid, trauma, drowning, burning, […]
Let’s Grow Healthy
Frida Herrera is the founder of Let’s Grow Healthy, a community gardening initiative designed to decrease childhood obesity and promote healthy eating habits for children in Canoga Park, CA. Frida and her team are working with local schools to build gardens and teach hands-on gardening classes to teach children about nutrition, health, and sustainability. Frida […]
Frida Endinjok
Frida Endinjok is rising senior with a major in Family and Consumer Sciences: Nutrition and Dietetics. She hopes to become a Registered Dietitian and pursue a doctorate in Public Health. She is a Research Assistant at the Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science & Nutrition and Dietetics. Frida wants to continue in the biomedical research […]
Utica Greens
Established in 2016, Utica Greens is a nonprofit organization that aims to foster community through local gardens. We work to connect community gardens to form a cohesive network. Through this cooperative structure, Utica Greens hopes to make each garden stronger, enabling them to feed and educate more people while creating a safe environment for the […]
Emily Moschowits
Emily Moschowits is a Biology and Food Studies graduate from Hamilton College. During her time there, she became involved with the food community both on- and off-campus. Through a two-year internship program, she joined the local food policy council, learning the issues that surrounded the food landscape of Utica, NY. The following summer she studied […]
