Pooja Panesar, BSc, MEd, BCBA, QBA, IBA is one of the Founders and Directors of Kaizora  Therapies, Kaizora Foundation (Kenya) and Kaizora Child Development Centre (Tanzania). These  are multidisciplinary centres serving individuals with developmental disorders and partners  with the Global Autism Project. After her brief experience in Applied Behavior Analysis in  Ontario, Canada, she returned to Kenya in 2007 and was overwhelmed with the lack of  awareness of autism and desperation of parents looking for quality services. When programs to  study Applied Behaviour Analysis were rarely available online, she paved her way and received  a scholarship to complete her Masters at University of Massachusetts, Boston with online  accommodations, along with supervision through the Global Autism Project and became the  first Board Certified Behaviour Analyst in East Africa in 2014. Over the past 14 years, she has  spearheaded autism awareness, acceptance and inclusion through free of charge events for the  community in Kenya. She has been a pioneer in pushing evidence-based interventions for  developmental disorders and established Kenya Association of Behavior Analysis, the first ABAI  chapter in Africa in 2016. She has presented at numerous conferences including at the United  Nations during World Autism Awareness Day. She provides training/consultations for schools,  parents, professionals, and students and teaches at a local university. She is currently also a  member of QABA’s International Standards Committee.