Kathy M. Kantengwa

Biography

Ms Kathy Kantengwa is very passionate about empowering girls through education for development, she is one of the founding and active members of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE-Rwanda chapter) and is also a founding member of the Maranyundo initiative Board that supports the Maranyundo girls school in Bugesera. Ms Kantengwa currently serves as FAWE Rwanda National Coordinator where she is leading initiatives to advance girls access to STEM education especially those from disadvantaged households and advocacy for improved use of digital content in classrooms. For much of her career, Dr Kathy held senior-level technical and management positions asa professional health planner and managerfor public health programs for more than 25 years. Her work focused in areas of health systems strengthening for the delivery of a high-quality package of essential health services including use of technology to improve service delivery. A Doctor of Medicine from the University of Kinshasa, DRC, she earned her Master of Public Administration degree from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.