Lydie Hakizimana

Lydie Hakizimana has 10 years of experience in various fields of education and in publishing, in particular. Currently, Lydie is the CEO of Happy Hearts a preschool that is providing quality education to children between the ages of 18 months and six years old. Lydie Hakizimana is also the co-founder and owner of Drakkar Ltd, a publishing house that serves 3,000 schools in Rwanda. Lydie is the chairperson of the Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs and a board member of the Private Sector Federation of Rwanda. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Lydie plans to open a second school in Africa and continue to publish books in her local language in order to contribute to the promotion of a culture of reading in Rwanda. Lydie is a certified Montessori teacher and a proud wife and mother of three children.