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Brian Micheni

Election Year: 2020

Election Constituency: Kenya

Scholar Status: Scholar in Residence

Rhodes Identifier: Kenya & St Cross 2020

Brian Micheni

Biography

Brian graduated with a first class honours degree and has recently been chosen as a Mandela Rhodes scholar. During his undergraduate studies, he undertook numerous volunteer projects, his most notable being an AIESEC volunteer in Uganda. He was also a member of the university choir and run an initiative to support street and orphaned children. In 2019, he was a recipient of the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) Fellowship for East and Central Africa.

Passionate about education, he hopes to help bridge the inequalities in access to quality education. Brian believes that equitable access to quality education is central in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but requires adequate policy. At Oxford, he hopes to further his interests in education inequalities and education policy.