Linda is a development practitioner with eight years of experience in program design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. She is a holder of a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Malawi. Her life and career has been principled in the advancement of the welfare of all people including those that are geographically sidelined. She has grown professionally in different roles, from Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to coordinating projects targeting the poorest communities on issues of Agriculture, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Humanitarian work. Her passion is to assist communities, especially girls and women to ensure that they are empowered socially, emotionally and economically so that they can become leaders.