Diana Wanda Odinya and her siblings—including her identical twin sister—grew up in a small village in southwestern Kenya. Her mother works as a sign language teacher and her father as a county child protection officer, and the family moved quite frequently. Odinya completed a BSc in Agricultural Economics and Rural Development at JKUAT, and has participated in research activities organized by some of the JKUAT lecturers. “This provided me with the opportunity to attend and present at conferences on sustainable development, and together with my supervisors, we published a research paper and we hope to publish more,” she says.