Dr. Antoinette Carole Grace Mbarga
Small Business Owner, Activist, and Consultant in Washington DC
Her Excellency Ambassador Dr. Antoinette Carole Grace Mbarga is an awards winning Certified Global Trainer, Human Rights Advocate, and community activist with a heartfelt visible commitment to serve the world at local and global levels. Born and raised in Cameroon, she’s been residing in the Washington Metropolitan area for several decades. She’s the current United Nations Global Peace Ambassador; serves as the Global Education Network-GEN, Deputy Continental Director for Africa and International Internship University - IIU Certified Global Trainer and Country Director for Cameroon. As an entrepreneur she’s CEO and Founder of Afiri Consulting International and The Mbarga Project. As a community leader, she has 20+ years of experience working with individual from disparate socio-economic backgrounds, especially Latino or African immigrants, at risk youth and low-income familles and people with disabilities. As a Community Activist she often uses her social media handles to raise awareness on domestic violence awareness, human trafficking, women, and girls’ rights as well as high profile Human Rights violation cases in the international community. She was instrumental in making public the recent racial discrimination endured by African immigrants fleeing the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. In 2017 she founded the Miss Africa USA Internship Program, focused on the education of the girl child with an emphasis on encouraging black girls to pursue careers in the STEM field (Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). She served as Congressional Intern for Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee (D); successfully organized a “Do Not Cancel the DV Lottery” community protest before Congress and the White House. For outstanding services to the community here are a few of her awards:
- US President’s Lifetime Achievement Award
- Gold Medal US President’s Volunteer Service Award
- Fellow of The Most Excellent Order of International Experts
- Iconic Woman Award 2024
- US African Community Achievement Award 2024
- Premio Internacional ROMPIENDO BARRERAS 2024
- 2023 Woman of the Year by Top 50 Most Industrious Women in Africa Awards
- 2023 African Diaspora Champion Award
- MENTOR Maryland|DC Female Mentor of The Year
- 2023 WHOPE Global Humanitarian Award
- Cameroon Embassy in US 2020 “Afrique en Miniature Transformational Leader Award”
- Nominee: TALLBERG SNF- ELIASSON GLOBAL LEADERSHIP, Global Activist of the year; 2019 & 2020 Nominee Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), Under 40