Peninah Ingabire - Class of 2019
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Academic MajorPublic Health & International Studies
Class of 2019 |
Peninah Ingabire graduated from Muhlenberg College this past spring with a double major in public health and international studies. On campus, she was the Co-Founder and President of the African Student Organization, and participated in the Peer Health Advocates Program and the Muhlenberg Pediatric Campus Club. She was a Resident Hall Director during her senior year, and was a Student Assistant in the History and Economics Department. She was also involved in Habitat for Humanity trips. During the summer of 2018, Peninah interned at the Health Development Initiative in Rwanda. The summer before that, she interned at the Rwanda Biomedical Center, which is the implementing branch of the Rwandan Ministry of Health. She worked within their Maternal, Child and Community Health division. During the summer of 2016, Peninah was an intern at Community Bike Works, a non-profit in the Muhlenberg area. Peninah hopes to focus on children’s health care in the future. Her goal is to work to improve healthcare for orphans or children at risk in Rwanda.
Peninah was born in Uganda as a refugee but later returned with her family to be raised in Rwanda after the genocide. Peninah was first in her class almost every semester of high school at Groupe Scolaire Mere Du Verbe and earned a nearly perfect score on the Rwanda National Exam. Peninah served different leadership positions throughout high school such as the Student Body President, and President of the school newspaper and the speech & debate team which she founded. Outside of school, she created an organization that supports orphans in the community surrounding her church. |