Zim Ugochukwu

About

Entrepreneur and activist who founded and previously served as the CEO of the award-winning boutique travel company Travel Noire. She has been included on Forbes' 30 under 30 list and was named by Glamour magazine as one of the 25 Young Women Changing the World. 

Before Fame

She has lived in cities around the world, including New Delhi, Dharamshala and San Francisco. She earned a B.A. in biology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 

Trivia

While working as a biologist, she successfully cloned a gene with similarities to a genetic disorder. 

Family Life

Her parents are immigrants from Nigeria. 

Associated With

She was named as one of Oprah Winfrey's Super 100 Soul leaders.