Teresia is the Acting Director for ATHENA Network, she is passionate about promoting HIV prevention strategies that work for women and girls and works across continents to mentor others and harness the mobilizing power of women. Teresia is from Kenya, and has served in various Technical Working Groups including the elimination of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV in Kenya, the National Steering Committee of the Beyond Zero Campaign led by the Kenyan First Lady Margaret Kenyatta. Teresia has documented experiences of women living with HIV who have endured coerced sterilization in Kenya and spearheaded a campaign to end the human rights violation. She was a member of the Global Community Advisory Group on the ECHO Trial and she is currently a member of the Global Community Advisory Group of the PURPOSE 1 Study. Teresia served as the chairperson of the International Community of Women Living with HIV and later as the Project Coordinator for ICW North America.
