Metta Kongira

Metta Kongira has four years of experience in public service as a Public Health Officer in the Gambia. Metta Kongira is currently training to become a Laboratory Scientist at the Medical Research Council Unit. She volunteers with several nonprofit organizations providing assistance in caring for the elderly, teaching at summer school camps, providing peer health education, and mentoring children. Metta has a higher national diploma in Public and Environmental Health from the Gambia College and a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Public Health from the University of the Gambia(Africa). Upon completion of the Washington Fellowship, she intends to work on projects that focus on improving the health and well-being of the public to improve the living standards of her community. Metta was one of 100 Fellows competitively selected to participate in an 8-week internship in the United States following the Mandela Washington Fellowship academic institute. She interned at Franklin County, OH in August-September 2014.