Zena Nzibo

Based in Nairobi, Zena Nzibo has worked in several fields. She has had a successful career as a diplomat, senior negotiator, and public policy professional- working primarily on sustainable development issues. Zena currently works at the United Nations on Food Security issues. She is also a storyteller, writer, and artist whose work focuses on expanding narratives about the African continent.

Zena grew up in many places in the world and began storytelling as a way to capture the experiences and sometimes misadventures of a third culture life. A life where you are at home anywhere; but also at home nowhere. This ultimately inspired Zena to forge a career in both the creative and policymaking worlds. Realizing from an early age that life is rarely an either-or-equation; and that rather than having it all, the goal would be to tell the stories of people who are rarely given the opportunity to tell their stories from their own perspective and for their own consumption.

Passionate about challenging stereotypes and assumed narratives, Zena has also worked in the area of impact consulting and producing with two major documentary film funds. Zena continues to work in areas that seek to entertain, educate and impact.