Wanjiku K Mwangi works in the social development field, with a keen interest in the interlinking of human rights and development to create meaningful livelihoods for the majority of people in Africa. She is an ardent advocate of making use of Diversity that exists in society in a creative and positive way, for social inclusion.

She was born in Kenya, educated there and in Europe. She now lives in Boston MA, USA, where she has done research on and written extensively about the racial wealth divide that still plagues communities in the United States.