Mariam is an Anthropologist and gender enthusiast. She is a graduate of Anthropology with IT from Maseno University Kenya and holds an MSc. Distinction in Cultural Anthropology and Development studies from KU Leuven University in Belgium. She was recently awarded a Ph.D. scholarship in Medical Anthropology funded by the research council in Norway. Her Ph.D. focus area is on gendered bodies and how the future of these bodies is presented in the wake of Covid-19 vaccination roll in the rural areas of Kenya. Professionally, she has served in various sectors among them as a researcher, Trainer, and gender activist on issues of women in governance, young girls in the juvenile justice system and youth employability. She is currently a Part-time lecture taking up digital Anthropology at the Department of Anthropology and Gender studies at the University of Nairobi. She is also a co-founder of a community-based organization, Sabon Africa Development Network Kenya, whose main aim is to economically empower young mothers from Kayole Nairobi informal settlement through income generating activities, education, and vocational skills training