I got a C in high school but here I am, a pioneer

Doris Kendi Mwenda with her husband Phineas Mwenda, their daughter Elsie Makena Mwenda and their son Ethan Kimathi Mwenda PHOTO;WILBERFORCE OKWIRI

She is one of two Africans who are on a voyage to Antarctica, the only virgin continent yet to be exploited. She is writing history, becoming the first Kenyan to ever be on an expedition to the South Pole, in Antarctica, a land extensively covered by ice. She will also be the first woman to do so, and at 34, she may remain as the youngest to accomplish the feat for many years to come.