Dr. Sylvia Moraa Mochabo Akinsiku is a resilient advocate, seasoned strategist, and the heart behind Andy Speaks 4 Special Needs Persons Africa, an organization she co-founded to champion the rights of neurodiverse individuals across Kenya. Drawing on her expertise as a communications specialist and board director at the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, she designs programs and policies that promote inclusion in health, education, and social protection . Her leadership extends far beyond boardrooms born of lived experience as a mother to two sons with autism (one with epilepsy, the other with ADHD). Sylvia has translated personal trials into public action, reshaping national discourse on disability rights .