Core Identity: A multifaceted advocate and professional dedicated to intersectional justice, with a specific focus on gender, reproductive rights, and mental health.

Key Focus Areas:

Their work is concentrated on uplifting communities within the SOGIE-SC spectrum (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics), ensuring they have agency over their lives and bodies.

Michelle’s impact extends beyond their primary role, encompassing a unique and powerful combination of skills:

Paralegal: Understanding of legal frameworks and advocacy, crucial for fighting for rights and policy change with a key focus on Gender diverse individuals.

Mental Health Advocate: A deep commitment to holistic well-being, recognizing the intrinsic link between mental health and justice.

Data Analyst Ability to leverage data and evidence to inform strategies, measure impact, and advocate for change effectively.

Activism: The driving force behind all their roles, rooted in grassroots mobilization and a passion for systemic change.

Guiding Principles & Passion

Their work is guided by an unwavering commitment to:

. Justice, Dignity, and Inclusivity

. Bodily Autonomy

. Equitable Access to reproductive health services

Promoting Self-Care as a vital component of sustainable activism

Ultimate Mission

To ensure that gender-diverse communities are not merely included as an afterthought but are actively shaping the decisions and policies that directly impact their lives and well-being.

Michelle Kariuki represents a new generation of advocates whose strength lies in their intersectional approach, combining frontline activism with strategic, data-informed program management to create tangible, lasting change.