Engineering Women Inspiring Positive Change – Angeline Kalisia
Angeline Kalisia is the acting factory manager at a privately owned tea factory in Nandi county. She has bachelors in Agricultural and Bio systems Engineering from Moi University, a registered graduate engineer with the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) and is currently pursuing her masters in the same field at the University of Eldoret. She has previously worked with a multinational tea producer as an assistant factory manager and also with Mumias Sugar Company both in the factory section as well as the agricultural department. Currently she is a member of Nandi North departmental heads as well as part of covid-19 emergency response team.
Engineering Women Inspiring Positive Change – Imelda Malingu Imelda is a graduate of Civil and Structural Engineering currently working with UNOPs as a Construction Management Engineer in The Gambia. She […]
Many women are battling wife and mothering roles with their careers and that has imparted greatly how they raise their daughters. Growing up my mother used to tell me to study and become the best I ever wanted to be. As a child I didn’t realize just how powerful these words were, now I see the implication, well I am an Engineer! And she still continues to support me even now.
Young girls need to see those role models to tell them it can be done and we have done it. Gone are the days when STEM was only a reserve of men. Where are the senior women engineers? Stand up and be counted. Mentor our young girls; tell them it can be done!
