Sheila Atieno Van Degraaph

Sheila has nine years work experience in civic engagement both at national and regional leadership level. She’s a certified monitoring and evaluation specialist and has extensive experience in project management, gender development, and policy advocacy and development. She is currently doing her master’s in Gender and Development. She is the founder and CEO of Youth and Success Association (YASA), a national organization that engages youths in entrepreneurship and employability, environmental management, information, education and communication, leadership, democracy, and governance. She is a member of the editorial team of Youth and Success magazine that has over 400,000 readers. Sheila served as the African regional coordinator of Youth for Road Safety and won a global award Embrace Life. She has helped in the establishment of gender-based violence (GBV) rescue centers and worked extensively on HIV/Aids and the behavior change among youths. She will continue working with youths to link their potentials with opportunities.