NDIVHUWO LURULI
Career category: Conservation Ecology/Entomology/Invasion Biology
Current Employment: Full-time MSc student, University of Stellenbosh
Email address: ndivhuwo@sun.ac.za

Career History:
I was born in 1982 in Limpopo Province (Venda) and spent the first 18 years of my life there. I matriculated in 1999, thereafter I came to the University of Stellenbosch to study BSc Forestry, I then changed my degree to BSc Conservation Ecology in 2002, and graduated in 2004.
I have always been a person who thrives in challenging situations, and this is why I chose to study in an Afrikaans university, almost 2000 km away from family and friends. Between 2000 and 2004 I worked as a research assistant to Postgraduate students, and my interest in research developed from there. Currently I am completing my MSc degree in Conservation Ecology, focusing on Distribution of the Argentine ant in South Africa, and I’m loving it. What really motivates to keep doing what I do is the fact that South Africa really needs more women scientists across different fields, and knowing that I am making a contribution, no matter how small, makes all the hard work worth it!