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Claire Karekezi
15 quotes
“it took time, but if you have the passion and the perseverance to stick around,you make it for sure , girls need help, they need to be pushed, they need to be supported , we need more role model, we need more successful women to reach back to these young women.”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not let anybody tell you that it is impossible, you can achieve anything.”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwanda’s first female neurosurgeon urges girls to embrace science The NewTimes (September 19, 2026)
“It took time, but if you have the passion, and the perseverance to stick around, you make it for sure.”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For anyone in science or not in science, doing what you love is the key, it is the first thing.”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The woman of today is courageous, willing to follow their dream.”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Girls need help, they need to be pushed, they need to be supported, we need more role models, we need more successful women to reach back to these young women.”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Teaching science for a woman is as normal as it is for men, since we both have the capacity.”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What make some other girls succeed in sciences is having the mentality that they are not that difficult.”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A good doctor is one who listens to and examines patients.”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: UGHE’s School of Medicine Hosted the First Cohort of Medical Students’ White Coat Ceremony (September 19, 2026)
“But it was my passion, I knew I wanted to do it”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwanda’s first female neurosurgeon urges girls to embrace scienceThe New Times(February 12, 2019)
“It is six years (at the Rwandan university) plus five years (in Morocco)”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwanda’s first female neurosurgeon urges girls to embrace scienceThe New Times(February 12, 2019)
“There were a lot of challenges, when I left Rwanda, I was working as a medical doctor, I was working with people who knew me, and then I had to go to a place I had never been before, it is like starting from zero”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwanda’s first female neurosurgeon urges girls to embrace scienceThe New Times(February 12, 2019)
“It required, "getting people to know me, getting people to trust me, even though I had knowledge and skills, I would still feel frightened”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwanda’s first female neurosurgeon urges girls to embrace scienceThe New Times(February 12, 2019)
“I would not say that I had extra strength; I was a black woman and a foreigner in different countries, and I was in the field that was dominated by men, so it was every time challenging, but because I loved it, was eager to be a neurosurgeon, I did not give up, I kept following my dream”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwanda’s first female neurosurgeon urges girls to embrace scienceThe New Times(February 12, 2019)
“I think passion and perseverance is the key, you have to love it to stick around, if you do not love it then, you know, you will not stick around”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwanda’s first female neurosurgeon urges girls to embrace scienceThe New Times(February 12, 2019)