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Claudia Kahindi

Election Year: 2019

Election Constituency: Kenya

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: Kenya & Exeter 2019

Claudia Kahindi

Biography

Claudia is a Development Assistant at Legal Outreach, an educational non-profit in New York City. She graduated from Wesleyan University with an African Studies Minor and Honors from the College of Social Studies - a multidisciplinary major of History, Government, Economics, and Social Theory/Political Philosophy. Claudia attended Wesleyan through the help of Kenya Scholar Athlete Project (KenSAP), which made her realize the significance of access programs. While at Wesleyan, she launched an educational project in her hometown Kilifi and served as; Senator of the Wesleyan Student Assembly, Residential Advisor, KenSAP President, and Member the African Students Association Board, and the Patricelli Centre for Social Entrepreneurship Board. At Oxford, she hopes to pursue the Bachelor of Jurisprudence and connect her passion for social entrepreneurship with law.