I am a Medical Doctor from Ethiopia currently studying as a MSc Public Health- Health Economics Stream student as a 2020/2021 Chevening Scholar.  I graduated from Addis Ababa University in 2016 and  served as the Lecturer of Pediatrics and Child Health  at the university.  I also worked as Director of  Clinical Governance and  Quality Improvement  Unit and later as Medical Director of Jamma Primary Hospital in Ethiopia.

I am the outgoing Deputy Director-General for System Strengthening of the Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Agency where I oversaw various supply chain transformation flagship initiatives and system strengthening activities under the Federal Ministry of Health.  I am a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow and studied Public Management at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. I am one of the 2019 Obama Leaders of the Obama Foundation’s  Africa Program  and  also selected as the 2019 100 Most Influential Young Africans by African Youth Awards.

 I have been involved in various initiatives with nonprofit organizations and social movements that work to address the health care gap in Ethiopia focusing on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Right. I am interested in working towards building resilience health systems and public health programs in low resource settings.