ABOUT
Dr Mena Fombo is a purposeful coach, facilitator, motivational speaker and a consultant. She is the founder and director of Black Girl Convention, the South Wests largest event for women and girls of African and Caribbean Heritage. She has over 15 years experience working within the voluntary sector, community organisations and educational establishments across Europe, the USA, Africa and South Asia.
In 2017 she became a TEDxBristol speaker with thought proving No. You Cannot Touch My Hair campaign and talk of the same name. She was later awarded from UWE an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration for services to Gender and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic equalities work. Dr Mena is featured on the BME powerlist 2018, was a nominee for the West Women's Award and her enterprise was on the shortlist for a Techspark Sparkies award both in 2019.
She has completed certified training programmes with the International Coach Federation and the Association for Coaching. She is also a MOE Foundation Alumni.
Dr Mena is strong woman, who has overcome a lifetime of adversity. She is an activist, tirelessly campaigning for equality and places a large focus of her work on supporting young people, young adults and disadvantaged communities to confidently embrace their journey in life.
She is passionate about the development of people, values-based leadership and creating powerful learning experiences.
