I am from Zambia, but I am also Bertha.

• What do you study?

I study Urban Environmental Management (MSc).

• How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

I would describe myself as intelligent, honest and hardworking.

• What is it like to grow up in Zambia?

Zambia is a very peaceful country. Growing up we are told about the importance of family values, respect and love for one another.

• What makes you proud to come from Zambia?

I am proud to come from a country filled with hardworking people and abundant natural resources. It is home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Victoria Falls.

• What is your passion?

I have a passion for advocacy in the area of sustainability. My mission is to ensure that information to do with sustainability and indeed climate change gets to the disadvantaged in society such as the rural poor. It is not enough to have the professionals and the academicians to be the ones to have access to full information on the emerging trends in the area of sustainability and climate change. The message needs to get to the people that interact with nature almost on a daily basis and who also depend on it for their livelihood; the rural poor.

• If you could change one thing in the world, what would that be?

 I would remove stigma and segregation based on skin color.

• What are you grateful for?

I am grateful for the gift of life.