

After returning home from Uganda, Alex shared her story with her friends and family. Immediately, her sister, Kristina stepped in to sponsor a now classmate of Ndagire, Namugenyi Stella. With the generosity of their friends and family, Alex and Kristina have been able to find sponsors for 16 children at different schools of various ages and circumstances. They visited the country together in August 2019 and had the opportunity to meet the sponsored children. Seeing the impact of how these sponsorships have changed the trajectory of these children’s lives, strengthened their desire to want to do more. Believing that education creates opportunity, a way out of poverty, and improved health outcomes, Alex and Kristina decided that the best way to support an impoverished community would be to build a primary school that provides quality education and opportunities for success and thus Waves of Education was born.
We have additionally partnered with in-country partner, the Little Sisters of St. Francis. LSOSF has been in existence since 1923. They own land throughout Central Uganda and successfully operate 24 primary schools in the country. LSOSF lives and works alongside the community in both education and health ministries to ensure that the needs of the community are met.
Waves of Education strongly believes that by providing quality education, healthcare, and various training programs/opportunities that we can achieve our vision of empowering a local community to change its narrative and rise above poverty.

Alexandra Cruz, PharmD

Kristina Rems, M.Ed, LDT-C

Wendy Ramirez

Samantha Rems

Jessica Barbosa, MSN, APN

Elizabeth Jensen

Mashal Mony

Kiran Thariani

Laura Toner, MD
