Lydia is CAMFED’s Executive Director: Learning & Engagement. Based in Tanzania, Lydia forges strategic partnerships with communities and government ministries to support the most marginalized girls to go to school, learn and thrive, and leads on the implementation of our peer mentorship program, the Learner Guide Program, at scale. Lydia’s life experience resonates strongly with that of the young women reached by CAMFED’s programs. Completing her secondary education against great personal odds, Lydia ran several successful businesses to fund her education. Awarded a competitive scholarship, Lydia earned a Master’s in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.