I completed my BA in English language and literature at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. In 2000, I got my MSc in Gender, Culture and Society from Birkbeck, University of London. Over the years, I have worked in the humanitarian sector as well as private startup business ventures, with vast experience across emergency relief and rehabilitation project work, gender and human rights advocacy, business management, interpretation, literary translation and creative writing.
I am currently researching Sub-Saharan Africa Vernacular Literature: Translating Amharic Fiction, under the supervision of Professor Rebecca Gould.