Elina is a fearless voice from Nairobi’s informal settlements—where she turns pain into power and conversations into change. A dynamic community leader, mental health advocate, and champion for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), she leads Real Talk on Periods, Sanity, and Surviving This Wild Climate at Serona CBO—an unapologetic space that’s already reached over 240 women and youth with menstrual dignity kits, mental health support, and bold climate action.
Elina facilitates youth mentorship, civic engagement, and storytelling for healing. With the Sauti Mashinani Community Lab and Anga Center, she has supported mental health interventions addressing intimate partner violence and serves as a community researcher investigating how climate stress and water scarcity impact women’s mental health and safety.
Certified in trauma care and ethical research, Elina is also a community health volunteer—bringing maternal and child health support straight to doorsteps. Her heart beats strongest for teen and young mothers, whom she uplifts through mentorship, dignity, and enterprise skills that spark economic resilience.
Fluent in English and Swahili, Elina blends empathy with evidence, grassroots wisdom with strategic leadership. Whether she’s in the field, at the frontline, or behind a mic—she is reshaping what it means to lead from the community up.
