Cindy Makita was born and raised in South Africa, with a Congolese heritage, and moved to Miami, Florida in 2014 to attend Florida International University. In 2018 she graduated Magna Cum Laude, as a Worlds Ahead Graduate and as an Honors student.

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On her journey to empower women and girls which had always been her passion, Cindy won various teen queen titles during her teenage years that gave her a platform to empower women and girls. She now serves as the leader of the Young Professionals Committee of the US National Committee for UN Women- Miami Chapter, she is the Ambassador for Gender Equality in Miami under the Social Impact Movement, and a Board Member of the United Nations Association- Miami chapter. Her roles allow her to advocate, educate, and raise funds for local and global women empowerment and global sustainability initiatives. She prides herself in being a sustainability champion, and stands firm on re-imagining a world where everyone prospers.

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After graduating from college Cindy went on to work as an Analyst in a firm in downtown Miami, but she also identified a need for career guidance among recent graduates and as a result became a Millennial Career Coach through her platform The CG: Your Career Guide. 

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Cindy also has a creative side. She has been dancing since the age of 5 and has since pursued 9 different styles of dance. She is currently a choreographer in the Afrobeats Dance Style, and hopes to bring Afrobeats to the forefront of modern dance culture. Cindy is also a model, speaker, personal trainer, lover of Christ and her most recent accomplishment was being crowned Miss African Roots USA 2019. 

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