Dr. Sengua has had an incredible journey becoming a general surgeon and now neurosurgery resident in Tanzania, and wholly dedicated to serving those with no access to safe, timely surgical care. Coming from the pastoralist Maasai tribe, he is the first of his family to have completed university and medical school. He has used his surgical education to provide healthcare for his community, which is one of the most underserved in Tanzania. With his experience of lack of healthcare at home, he has planned fundraising to build a small health dispensary in the remote Maasai region where he originated. In addition to serving his remote community, he has dedicated himself to serving greater northern Tanzania for surgical care through his training at KCMC. After completing general surgery, Dr. Sengua entered neurosurgery residency – his passion –as he has seen the importance of surgical specialties and their vastly insufficient presence across Tanzania currently. With the sheer volume of neurotrauma locally from accidents, he has seen the lack of access to neurosurgical care and chosen to pursue neurosurgery in Dar-es-Salaam with the plan to return to the underserved community in northern Tanzania. He is also a self-taught researcher, with the help of mentors, and has developed a strong track record of publishing – a remarkable feat in a healthcare context that does not have much formal training in research nor yet value publications for career advancement. His unending curiosity has pushed him to contribute to advancing surgical knowledge and contribute to the field in Tanzania and beyond. Not only is he remarkably driven and passionate about care for underserved communities, Dr. Sengua constantly seeks out new challenges and collaborations constantly. He remains humble and compassionate towards his community and patients, and more than deserving of recognition for all his hard work advancing surgery.