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Lehlohonolo (Lee) Moche

Election Year: 2018

Election Constituency: Southern Africa

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: South Africa-at-Large & Green Templeton 2018

Lehlohonolo (Lee) Moche

Biography

Lehlohonolo completed a BEng in Industrial Engineering with Distinction at the University of Pretoria in 2016 and is currently completing a Masters in Industrial Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand as a Mandela Rhodes Scholar. She is passionate about the empowerment of women particularly in STEM fields and therefore founded a Lean In chapter at the University of Pretoria as well as mentors undergraduate engineering students. She is an alumnus of the South Africa-Washington-International Programs and the WomEng. She has won the WomEng Technovation Challenge.