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A young doctor, Nyachira, gives you a peek into the medical world through her eyes. The emotion she has to deal with, one that was not taught in medical school. Nyachira is an engaging conversation starter, agile communicator, and passionate medical…

Nelly had a pretty ordinary childhood until she developed a physical disability that impaired her ability to walk. She takes us through her inspiring journey of self-acceptance, getting an education, meeting the love of her life and raising 2…

Nandi Kegode loves to get high. However, her relationship with heroin, cocaine, crystal meth and pain medication took her down a slippery slope that almost killed her. At Engage 25, Nandi shares her addiction journey, turnaround and what really gets…

From an early age, Kendi struggled at school, reading and comprehension were hard. The teenage years at high school were torturous, through sheer hard work she successfully graduated from University. Getting a job was doubly hard as she did not…

Jay Muiyuro cannot remember being pain free. Just by looking at her, you wouldn’t be able to tell that she suffers from a rare condition that causes her to experience intense chronic pain in her right arm.
Now, even though she has been forced to…

Caroline Kagia grew up in a warm and sheltered home. Then she was exposed to a world she'd never seen, where smoked and drank and she was lured into it. Little did she know what she was genetically predisposed to alcoholism. She shares her story of…

As a newscaster, Michael Oyier had a very visible public life. He was at the helm of his career as a newscaster and he was really good at it. In private however, there were things going on that led him to a question who he had become, and the private…

Njeri has been down, but definitely not out. In this talk, she opens up about her struggle to get a child, multiple surgeries, PTSD and how she has been able to rise above it all

We Fall. We Rise. We Soar : Beatrice Imathiu had it all but she dared to want more.

Sylvia grew up in a privileged urban background. Life was good. Experimenting with alcohol from an early age, it turned into a monster that would have a stranglehold on her for most of her youth and adulthood. She dabbled with substance abuse in high…