Divine Soona Gertrude Ndombo

Divine Soona Gertrude Ndombo is a Cameroonian-Congolese immigrant and self-proclaimed Harlemite. Her introduction to social justice began in an afterschool program at her middle school called GirlsTalk/GuysTalk. With its center on community building and youth empowerment, it planted a seed of love for social justice that has only grown over the past 10 years. This passion has been further cultivated in her experience at YVote and the YA-YA Network, both youth-led organizations. Divine is now an alumnus who continues to provide her knowledge, enthusiasm, and leadership. Currently, she is the Director of Youth Development at The YA-YA Network, primarily running the Empower Fellowship Program. Beyond education justice, Divine is passionate about addressing the disparities of black migrants, especially undocumented students within the education system. She builds on this work through her advocacy with BAJI and her self-directed research that interrogates the erasure of Black migrants both within immigrant justice movements and our society broadly. Outside of these endeavors, she is also an entrepreneur, a singer-songwriter, and an alumnus of City College University. She double majored in Political Science and International Studies and minored in Human Rights.