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International School of Dusseldorf
336 Niederrheinstraße
Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 40489
Germany

Deliah Nalukwago

Founder & CEO My Musawo

Deliah Nalukwago is a Ugandan female Medical Entrepreneur. Having lived in China for 11 years, where she attended Medical School, she decided to return back to Uganda to finally embark on her dreams of impacting change in her motherland. She currently runs a Health Tech startup called My Musawo, an on demand app that connects Africans with Health experts, information and services. Passionate about empowering women and youth, and dedicated to disrupting the status quo, Deliah strongly believes that the strength of a community is highly reliant on its people letting go of limiting beliefs and coming together to interact, learn from one another, build connections and live effectively and positively. Deliah holds a Bachelors of Science in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from Xi’an Jiaotong University and a Clinical Masters’ in Acupuncture and Tuina from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.

Emma Cloppenburg

Student

My name is Emma Cloppenburg. I am 15 years old and have been going to ISD for 12 years. I was born in Paris, France but have lived in Düssledorf, Germany for the last 12 years. I have two dogs and am quite an athletic person.

Pascal Kornfuehrer

Senior Executive

While having a German passport I consider myself a global citizen after having lived and worked on three continents. The last 15 years of my career I spent in leadership positions always focusing on diversity, equity & inclusion. I am a father of three and husband to an incredibly strong and inspiring full-time working mom.

Rebecca Maddox

Criminology teacher

I completed my first degree which was in law, and realised that I preferred working with young people and those that need support, so after a few years, I completed my second degree in Social and young people's studies at the University of Birmingham. After several years of working in social care, specifically young people leaving care, I decided to move into teaching, I completed my Post Graduate in teaching and started teaching Criminology for A level students (16-18-year-olds). I wrote the programme as it was very new at the time. I am committed to learning more about Criminology and plan to start my masters in Criminology in late 2022.

Tanja Dressen

Executive coach

Tanja Dressen wrote her doctoral thesis in the field of business psychology with a focus on neuro- and social psychology, completed her training as an executive coach at Cambridge University, and is currently studying for her Executive Master's degree in Change Leadership at Oxford Saïd Business School & HEC Paris. As an executive coach, she supports top executives worldwide, drawing on her 9+ years of international experience as a Vice President in a tech company as well as her knowledge as a scientific researcher.