Service that predates every title I now hold.

Seven Years of Mentorship

For seven years, I volunteered as an English-language mentor for Burundian refugee students, helping them navigate the demanding transition from the French education system to an English-medium curriculum. This was not a short-term project, it was a sustained, personal commitment through changing circumstances, funding gaps, and my own academic journey.

I learned to teach patiently, to celebrate small wins, and to see potential in students the education system often overlooked. This experience remains the moral foundation of everything I have built since, including my approach to leadership as Family Father and my design of community projects like M-TEP.