‘Let’s disrupt!’ How Dr Wanjiru Rutenberg shattered global glass ceilings

At the tender age of 14, Wanjiru Kamau embarked on a life-changing journey. Her parents, with grand aspirations for their eldest child, made a pivotal decision – to send her to the foreign land of Denver, Colorado, in the United States.
It was a time when winter’s chill had enveloped the city, but Wanjiru had no choice but to adapt to her new surroundings.
Her host, an uncle who was a surgeon, promptly enrolled her in a public school, where she experienced a melting pot of cultures and ethnicity.