Suzan Yumbe has more than seven years of experience in water sanitation and hygiene and gender equality. Currently, Suzan is the founder and executive director at AfyaPlus, a non-governmental organization that deals with preventing and controlling diseases caused by lack of access to clean water, poor sanitation, and hygiene while empowering adolescent girls and young women. She focuses on managing and overseeing the complete operation of AfyaPlus. She also volunteers as a mentor to young directors who have founded organizations by training them about organizational development, policies, systems, and resource mobilization. Suzan holds a bachelor's degree in Environmental Health Sciences from Ruaha Catholic University. She is motivated by her work because when a community lacks access to clean water, good sanitation, and hygiene, there is a higher rate of water sanitation and hygiene?related diseases. After completing the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, Suzan plans to make AfyaPlus implement its projects of prevention and control of water sanitation and hygiene?related diseases in all parts of Tanzania.