Weruche is a 2019 graduate of the Emerge Connecticut program and is a Nigerian born writer who relocated to the United States in 2005 and has made Hamden her home since then.
She graduated cum laude from Quinnipiac University and has degrees in English, Communications and Studies in the ...
Weruche is a 2019 graduate of the Emerge Connecticut program and is a Nigerian born writer who relocated to the United States in 2005 and has made Hamden her home since then.
She graduated cum laude from Quinnipiac University and has degrees in English, Communications and Studies in the Law. Her masters in journalism capstone project ‘Is This Home Now?’ is a 30-minute documentary film about refugee immigration and resettlement. She continues her advanced education in Human Rights Studies at Columbia University, and will teach as well as carry out research on community development, gender and sexual violence, women’s rights and education in Africa.
She was a delegate to the 13th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Warsaw, Poland with the Albert Schweitzer Institute at Quinnipiac where she participated in workshops with Nobel Peace Laureates Muhammad Yunus, Mairead Maguire and Ghanaian politician Samiah Nkrumah. She is also a United Nations Association-USA representative to the United Nations 62nd Commission on the Status of Women. She supports the Gbowee Peace Foundation and recently began grants and fundraising volunteer work. She is also a spokesperson for refugees in New Haven.
She recently incorporated a charitable, educational non-profit organization— Weruche Inspires International, based in Connecticut. WIIN’s mission is to educate, inspire and empower young girls and women.