Professor Oniang’o serves as Chair of the Board of Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) which with Japan’s Nippon Foundation supports smallholder farmers in Africa. Her applied research led her to found Rural Outreach Program (ROP), now Rural Outreach Africa (ROA). Through ROA she works with communities on issues that affect them directly: poverty, hunger, food and nutrition insecurity, child malnutrition, gender inequities and health related challenges, and now COVID-19 related issues. She is founder and Editor-in Chief of African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND). Through the journal, Africa’s scholar’s voices are heard on the continent and globally on issues of food systems and nutrition, and the environment. Professor Oniang’o received a BSC with Distinction and a MSc from Washington State University, in Pullman, Washington, and earned her PhD from University of Nairobi, all degrees in food and nutritional sciences. She has taught at Kenyatta University in Nairobi and at JomoKenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, where she became the first full-time woman professor in 1996. She is hailed as the first Professor of Nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2003 she was given opportunity to serve in the Kenyan Parliament for five years and was the Shadow Minister for Education, Science and Technology. She won the prestigious Africa Food Prize in 2017 for her pioneering work in nutrition. Professor Oniang’o has served on numerous boards and has won various awards both locally and internationally. She champions many issues of rights and equity, especially when it comes to gender, poverty, hunger and healthcare access.