Lea Kilenga Masamo is a patient advocate with 9 years professional experience in patient centered global health advocacy with a focus on Sickle Cell and NCDs in LMICs. She advocates and informs health systems, policy and research in the meaningful involvement of affected, vulnerable communities. She is the founder and CEO of Africa Sickle Cell Organization and sits at the ‘Our Views, Our Voices’ initiative for meaningful involvement of people living with NCDs advisory committee at the NCD Alliance. Lea is currently pursuing a MSc Global Health Delivery at the University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda.