Faculty: Land and Food Systems
Program: Master of Food Science
Year: 2017
Country: Kenya
Monicah’s determination to conquer the world can be proven by her continuous academic excellence as an Equity Group Foundation Scholar in Kenya. The most important thing to her is changing the world and for Africa to become a better place for mankind in food security and safety. Monicah is interested in agricultural research, food safety, quality assurance and risk analysis.
In December 2012, Monicah realized there was a need for action to mitigate the rate of school drop outs and co-founded a youth group by the name MAKE (Mithanduku-ini Aspiration for Knowledge Empowerment). Through her work with MAKE, Monicah realized her passion for academics and has since mentored students in her home village, offered career guidance and acted as a motivational speaker.
Monicah is pursuing a Masters in Food Science at UBC in order to be in the forefront of academia as a career and to train other Kenyans on the dangers of food poisoning. She is passionate about entrepreneurship and is looking forward to venturing into the Kenyan food industry to ensure food quality is never compromised. She plans to partner her degree with giving back to the community through conducting feeding programs to increase food security during times of drought and famine.