Valeriana Chikoti-Bandua

A former refugee of Angola, Valeriana Chikoti-Bandua MA ‘14 has a passion for gender equality and socio-cultural issues that’s inspired a career advocating for the advancement of women and children from immigrant, refugee and underprivileged backgrounds.

A former refugee of Angola, who was born in Zambia but raised in Papua New Guinea, Valeriana Chikoti-Bandua MA ‘14 has a passion for gender equality and socio-cultural issues that’s inspired a career advocating for the advancement of women and children from immigrant, refugee and underprivileged backgrounds. As a member of the Angolan Mission to the U.N., she worked alongside Southern African Development Committee member states to help successfully pass the HIV/AIDS girl child resolution during the U.N.’s annual Commission of the Status of Women.