Queen Nwanyinnaya Chikwendu has demonstrated strong skills in project management by working collaboratively with other team members to proactively manage important and time-sensitive projects and develop innovative solutions to critical problems.

She excels especially at providing administrative and field support to Senior Program Managers in program design and development, research, policy reviews, and advocacy to stakeholders and relevant sectors.

As an Advocacy Associate with International Youth Alliance for Family Planning, she coordinated a team of young people who supported the Anambra State Ministry of Health to initiate the process of developing an Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Strategy in 2021. This is a milestone as it has stirred up conversations and drove new narratives around access to comprehensive sexuality information and services for young people.

Queen possesses vast knowledge and interest in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice, Gender Equality, Governance and Democracy, Sustainable Cities and Communities, and Climate Change. She enjoys reading, volunteering, researching, and traveling. She is currently a Project Assistant with Oluwatoyin Abegunde Foundation; an organization whose mission is to create a community that would adopt organic living as a safer and healthier lifestyle, thereby protecting their environment and resources.