Yvonne Umugwaneza Biography • Occupation: Student • Born: October 13, 1979 in Southern Province, Rwanda. Where did I grow up? I was born in Southern Province (former Prefecture de Butare) in Rwanda. I was raised by a single parent, my mother who was a chief cook and she had strong values of Christianity – Catholic. My father was a high school teacher after, together with many others, was expelled from college in 1973 due to their ethnic group, as one of many education reforms in Rwanda. I grew up the only child of my mother and the older sister of 8 children to my father. I had 4 half sisters, one died a baby born and three others were killed in the 1994 genocide. Long after the genocide, my father remarried and gave me three more half sisters.
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I have a fifteen year old boy and eleven year old girl. Career Developing Starting to work, I was in the airline ticketing field, I learned so quickly all the techniques and the technical terms used; I even went to air ticketing school. However, it didn’t feel right, I had a strong feeling that I am not in the place, I am not doing anything useful to me and people around …show more content…
As I was working I realized that I was more editing the news reported from the field by giving more sense and clarity of the content. Couple of months later, I became a news reporter and presenter. For four years, I grew fan of journalism, I loved my work; and I learned a lot about my country and its leadership. Education challenges It occurred to me that I had to change my professional in order to take care of my family. I left the journalism to join the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre doing the communication. Even though I was good at my job, it was not good enough, as the educational skills and competences became more required on the employment market. Within our organization, I was among the few without bachelors’ degree; and I decided to go back to school. Currently, I am a Junior - Communication Studies Major. At the end of studies, I will be qualified on the employment market and more confident to use my skills. Facts about me • An injured woman died in my arms while I was feeding her, and I didn’t realize it until a soldier told me that I am feeding a dead person – I was really
I have a fifteen year old boy and eleven year old girl. Career Developing Starting to work, I was in the airline ticketing field, I learned so quickly all the techniques and the technical terms used; I even went to air ticketing school. However, it didn’t feel right, I had a strong feeling that I am not in the place, I am not doing anything useful to me and people around …show more content…
As I was working I realized that I was more editing the news reported from the field by giving more sense and clarity of the content. Couple of months later, I became a news reporter and presenter. For four years, I grew fan of journalism, I loved my work; and I learned a lot about my country and its leadership. Education challenges It occurred to me that I had to change my professional in order to take care of my family. I left the journalism to join the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre doing the communication. Even though I was good at my job, it was not good enough, as the educational skills and competences became more required on the employment market. Within our organization, I was among the few without bachelors’ degree; and I decided to go back to school. Currently, I am a Junior - Communication Studies Major. At the end of studies, I will be qualified on the employment market and more confident to use my skills. Facts about me • An injured woman died in my arms while I was feeding her, and I didn’t realize it until a soldier told me that I am feeding a dead person – I was really