I am a Ph.D. holder from St. Luke’s International University, Japan since 2022. I am a lecturer at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. I am a nurse midwife who graduated in 2009 from MUHAS and who holds a master's degree in midwifery and women’s health from Makerere University, Uganda. I am an alumnus of the Afya Bora Consortium at the University of Washington. I worked with the Muhimbili National Hospital for four years from 2011 to 2015. I have also worked with Jhpiego as a lead trainer in the Helping Babies Breathe and Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding after Birth training. I have conducted several types of research in family life education in Tanzania and on sexuality and reproductive health that can be accessed in a ResearchGate. I am a coinvestigator of two NIH-funded projects. I am an active member of the Tanzania Midwives Association as well as the Tanzania Nurses and Midwives Association