My Story
I grew up in Laikipia County, Kenya, surrounded by wildlife and by far too many pets. When I was 17, I adopted a cheetah from the Nairobi Animal Orphanage and began volunteering there, helping care for him and other rescued animals. Looking back, it feels inevitable that I found my way into conservation. In many ways, I’d been learning how to care for a small ecosystem long before I knew what conservation even meant.
That wild start led me here. In 2020, I founded the WildNow Foundation, successfully petitioned Parliament on behalf of Nairobi National Park, and was named the Face of African Women in Conservation 2022. I work closely with local communities, bringing their knowledge into wildlife policy and demonstrating how indigenous conservation practices can support home-grown economies.
Now, as I pursue a Master’s in Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, this space is where I share stories from the field and policy tables in hopes of improving our conservation systems. I hope you pick up a thing or two and leave with a deeper appreciation for wildlife and the places it calls home.