I am a sustainable development professional with diverse experience in research, community development, environmental management, and enhancing climate resilience and livelihoods. I have worked with community-based organizations, rural women entrepreneurs, youth-led service enterprises, and marginalized forest-adjacent communities in Kenya. I have successfully collaborated with a wide range of actors from local and national governments, non-governmental organizations, and international donors (such as Irish Aid and Giz), to private sector players, policy influencers, and research institutions. I hold an MSc in Sustainable Development from Technological University Dublin, an MBA in Project Management from Kenyatta University, and a BSc in Animal Science from Egerton University.
I am currently contributing as a Research Assistant on the Geoformations Project. I bring a strong blend of technical expertise, research capabilities, and project coordination experience to the project.
Professionally, I have held various applied research and project leadership roles with organizations and initiatives such as Sustainable Food Systems Ireland (SFSI), Self Help Africa, SNV – Netherlands Development Organization, IDH-Initiative for Sustainable Landscapes South West Mau Forest, Kenya (ISLA), IESC-USAID partners, as well as government ministries and dairy cooperative societies, and unions in Kenya. Among my Notable project contributions and initiatives are:
- The Climate Smart Research and Innovation for Livestock Development in Kenya, focusing on Dairying (The Dairy Kenya–Ireland Project), funded by Irish Aid-leading sustainability education, extension support, and research dissemination
- The Rural Women Entrepreneurs Project (GIZ & Self Help Africa): supporting and guiding business development, enterprise growth, nutrition promotion, and social marketing for women-led initiatives
- The Zambia–Ireland Sustainable Food Systems Strengthening Programme (ZISSP): assisting in planning study tours, stakeholder dialogue, and policy engagement activities.
- Sustainable Food Systems Ireland (SFSI)- Mapping the Irish Food Vision 2030 actors and Institutions
- Initiative for Sustainable Landscapes South West Mau Forest, Kenya (ISLA); Intensifying livestock production to increase incomes and protect forest in Kenya- customized training curricula and technical digests
- Kenya Market-led Dairy Project I & II (SNV-Kenya- supporting farmer groups and organizations on leadership and governance trainings, milk market linkages, and bankability enhancement.
I am deeply committed to advancing inclusive, bottom-up development approaches that embed local governance structures, indigenous knowledge systems, and community institutions into the core of policy and program design. My research interests lie in system transitions and the dynamics of governance in sustainability science. I am particularly drawn to approaches that promote equity and inclusion in sustainability transitions, with a focus on the role of institutions, local knowledge systems, and community-led innovation in driving resilient and just development. My long-term research goal is to contribute to the development of evidence-based, context-sensitive policies and innovations that uphold environmental integrity, social equity, and economic viability, particularly within regions facing the intersecting challenges of poverty, resource degradation, and climate change.