Meet the Class of 2021
Martha Gakunju
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH and Nairobi, KENYA
Major: Health and Societies – Global Health
Activities & Honors:
- Co-Chair – UMOJA
- Chair – Tangible Change
- Conference Chair – Black Wharton Undergraduate Association
- President – Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Robeson Cooper Scholar
- Johnson Scholar
Hobbies: Dancing, traveling, reading, music
Favorite Book: Homegoing by Yaa Gasi
Favorite Movies: Anything with Melissa McCarthy
Favorite Food: Potatoes (french fry form preferred)
Favorite Quote: “Be the change you want to see in the world” ~Nelson Mandela
Plans After Penn: Grad school, community organization work, medical school
