Kimberley Mbayiwa

Kimberley Mbayiwa is an experienced professional currently serving as a Community Business Academy Instructor and Coach at Sunshine Enterprises since September 2022. Mbayiwa has held the position of Project Director at the University of Chicago Medicine since November 2015 and is the Founder of Ricafrica.com, established in January 2018. Mbayiwa's notable achievements include being a grant recipient from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events in 2022, a semi-finalist in the University of Chicago Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Alumni New Venture Challenge in 2019, a finalist in the South Side Pitch in 2018, and a participant in the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation i-Corps program in 2018. Previous roles include Project Manager at The University of Chicago Center for Global Health and Community Organizer at Mercy Housing. Mbayiwa holds a Master of Arts in Global Health Policy and Administration from the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Trinity Washington University.