Mbanwei Cynthia is a social worker with a Bachelor’s in Women and Gender Studies with Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Buea, Cameroon. Cynthia leverages her academic background and working experience to DESERVE’s community engagement for the health and well-being of girls and women. Apart from leading Light Up A Life (LUAL) as its CEO, Cynthia has volunteering experience with the Northwest Regional Delegation of Women’s Empowerment and the Family, the Community Initiative for Sustainable Development (COMINSUD), Cameroon National Association for Family Welfare (CAMNAFAW) , SEEPD Programme and SAMA’s CARE. She is a Georgetown peer educator on HIV/AIDS in the Department of Care and Treatment at the Etoug-Ebe Baptist Hospital in Yaounde and Family Planning and breast cancer peer educator with the Women’s Health Programme (WHP).
Cynthia loves to share a smile. She has passion in rekindling hope in the hopeless and preventing discrimination.

Am Mbanwei Cynthia, based in Yaounde, Cameroon. CEO light up a life ( LUAL) Social worker by profession,Bsc in Women’s and Gender Studies with Sociology and Anthropology. Rekindling Hope in the Hopeless is my passion, love smiling, don’t like discrimination. I am married with 2 kids. My pet name is Nick.

Volunteer with the Regional Delegate of Women’s Empowerment and the family,North West Region, Cameroon. Volunteer with COMINSUD, CAMNAFAW, SEEPD PROGRAM, SAMA’S CARE.

Currently volunteering with Etoug-Ebe Baptist Hospital Yaounde under George Town as Peer Educator on HIV/AIDs in Department of Care and Treatment and with WHP as peer Educator on
Family planning and breast cancer.