Haja is from Freetown, Sierra Leone. She attended United World College, Red Cross Nordic from 2015 to 2017 where she transitioned to Skidmore College New York to complete her Bachelor of Arts Degree in environmental studies. Haja will be working with EL-KOONY Center in Kitale Kenya, as a Communications and Marketing Fellow. Haja is very interested in the field of development and looks forward to gaining new skills while learning Swahili. Moreover, she is very excited to learn more about issues affecting women, especially period poverty to see how best she can improve and expand her social enterprise, uman4uman, a Sierra Leonean-based business that produces reusable sanitary pads for women and girls.