Juliana Nakavuma, Community Engagement Manager

Juliana serves as the Community Engagement Manager at The Center where she teaches the adult residents of Nakuwadde each week in literacy, speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Included in this work, Juliana is responsible for conducting learning assessments for currently enrolled students and creating lesson plans for the various groups of adults she teaches. Juliana additionally supports administrative and logistics activities at The Center including compiling program data and metrics, submitting weekly finances, coordinating special events, and translating documents in English and Luganda. Originally introduced to AIA as our neighbor at The Center, Juliana joined the team in 2015 as a part-time English teacher and has since become an integral part of the leadership team at The Center. Her favorite part of working for AIA is the ability it offers her to be a positive influence to her students to find success as well as the chance to work with colleagues that share the same vision and dedication to a mission.

Juliana studied Business Studies at YWCA where she focused on Accounts and formerly worked as a secretary at Hotland Property Services. She is driven by a passion to meet targets and goals in her personal and professional life and always learning new things. Juliana is also passionate about caring for others and when not at work, she enjoys spending time with her family and cooking or reading.