Guilford Dialogues 2023: Marie-Jeanne Ndimbira-Rosner
Marie-Jeanne Ndimbira-Rosner is a PhD candidate in the Global Urban Studies Program at Rutgers-Newark. Marie-Jeanne is from Windhoek, Namibia. Prior to her doctoral studies she co-founded the Physically Active Youth Programme (PAY), a holistic afterschool program in Windhoek.
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She led PAY for more than 13 years, building a youth development model that effectively addresses 11 Sustainable Development Goals for low income urban youth.
Marie-Jeanne presented a TEDx talk, It Matters Where You Plant the Seed, discussing the youth program model she created to eliminate the barriers to quality education for young people. She has also been a featured Changemaker on CNN International’s African Voices series for her work at PAY.
Marie-Jeanne’s research interests are in holistic youth development, particularly urban youth. As an action researcher, Marie-Jeanne is focused on research that improves afterschool program delivery to youth in economically disadvantaged communities.
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