Nokukhanya Mabhena is the Vice Secretary General at Generational Stewards for Antimicrobials and is a final-year student in Digital Disease Surveillance and Environmental Health at the University of Zimbabwe. As a dedicated climate advocate, she brings a strong background in environmental activism and research, with a passion for the climate-health nexus. Certified as a Climate Researcher through the Climate Catalyst Research Program, she volunteers with the Oath For Sustainability Network's Teach Climate for Health Africa program. For her third-year she interned at the Scientific & Industrial Research and Development Center under the Environmental Science Institute and Food & Biomedical Technology Institute. Her internship research project was a study on water quality and health threats from water from informal water vendors.