Sheilla Rukundo graduated from Lehigh University with an undergraduate degree in Finance and Economics, and then with a Master’s in Economics. Sheilla is currently a Senior Economist at the National Bank of Rwanda.

She was a member of the Accounting Club and the African Caribbean Culture Club. She also worked for RCEAS Digital Media where she helped raise awareness about student experiences by sharing students’ blogs on different social media platforms. In her freshman year, she was selected to participate in Leadership Lehigh. During the summer of 2015 she interned with Ernst and Young in Philadelphia, where she reviewed and analyzed annual balance sheets and tax forms. Sheilla spent the summer before her senior year doing research with one of her professors, focusing on microfinancial research.

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