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David Matara Angwenyi was born in Nyanchonori village, in the Kisii region of Kenya. He is the Founder of Global Connections Kenya, an organization that links students from the United States with villages in Kenya.

David Matara Angwenyi is an educator and philanthropist dedicated to expanding the horizons of people from all corners of the globe. David published his Ph.D. dissertation in 2014 and it focused on the influence of short-term travel on high school students before joining university.

David’s global outreach began in 2007 when he led a group of high school students from Hopewell, New Jersey on a service-learning trip to his birthplace, Nyanchonori Village, Kenya. There, the students worked to develop projects that improved local village life while enriching their perspectives. David has traveled with hundreds of students from the United States to Kenya, enriching the lives of everyone with whom they interact.