TEDxStellenboschWomen

Speakers

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• Ado Du Toit

  General Practitioner

  Ado du Toit was born in Zimbabwe and ventured to South Africa to study. After completing a general BA degree and Honours degree in English, Ado took the plunge to study medicine and is now a general practitioner, with experience in both the private and public sector. In 2007 she attended a leadership course with FPD and Yale University and started the "Take Five School", a project as part of her "study", which focused on educating patients about health and wellness. She believes that we can improve SA's health & wellness industry as well as law, social services, job creation and more!

• Asisipho Tsotsa

  Student and Youth Empowerment Activist

  Asisipho is currently a third year Occupational Therapy student at Stellenbosch University. This young lady believes herself to be a pioneer and an innovator, having founded an anti-bullying campaign and now recently a mentorship program for young adolescents entering into adulthood. Fitting to mention then is that her life motto is “Live to lead to leave a legacy”.

• Debra Shepherd

  Economics Lecturer and Researcher

  Dr Debra Shepherd is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University. She has received recognition for excellence in undergraduate teaching as well as been a recipient of the VU-NRF Desmond Tutu doctoral scholarship. Her research focuses primarily on issues of inequality and discrimination, particularly as they relate to the South African education system and labour market.