Dr Nosiphiwe “Nosi” Ngqwala is a lecture at Rhodes University in the faculty of Pharmacy. As a young academic she is interested in contributing in the intellectual pool of the country as a result after her PhD she decided to become a lecture and a researcher working with the Environmental health and biotechnology research group (EHBRG) where she recently became head of research and supervises PhD, Masters and Honors students. Her desire to make a difference led her to be the founder and a co-coordinator of Children of the soil (COTS) NPO, focusing on working with schools to address climate change issues. She was a vice chairperson of Young Water Professionals (YWP-2014) in the Eastern Cape, Activate Innovation Leadership Program. She is a fellow of Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) and a member of Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD). She is also part of executive committee for South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) and Mail & Guardian top 200 Young South Africans to look out for 2017.