Isabella Mukankusi and Zazil Davis-Vazquez

Isabella Mukankusi and Zazil Davis-Vazquez

Recorded March 2, 2022 Archived March 2, 2022 36:27 minutes

Id: dde001628

Description

Isabella Mukankusi (46) talks to her new friend Zazil Davis-Vazquez (27) about her experiences growing up in Uganda, being a mother, and as a lawyer who is studying in Columbia's Human Rights Advocates Program.

Subject Log / Time Code

:23

IM describes her parents and accredits them for influencing her character and career.

6:12

IM is the oldest of nine, earning herself the title of "second mother" amongst her siblings. She shares what growing up was like for her, IM notes her best friend she reconnected with years later.

16:47

IM recalls her time volunteering in Uganda as a legal officer and at a maximum-security prison focusing on gender-based violence.

25:10

IM analyzes the generational differences between the environment she and her children were raised.

29:50

IM is a part of Columbia's Human Rights Advocates Program, she shares what her time in it has been like.