Marie-Rose Sirikari was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, came to the U.S. as a refugee and is now a U.S. citizen.
While in the Democratic Republic of Congo, she was a delegate to Pan African Christian Women Assembly, where she fought for the right of women to participate in public affairs and educated her countrymen on domestic violence and AIDS.
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