Brief Personal Biograph, Esther Mazira -aka Essie.

Esther Mazira -aka Essie.
Footballer, Project leader / Co-founder She Can (I'm a sHERO) at Wilsen Initiative (Wi). 

Esther Mazira aka Essie was born in 1994 and was raised in Mathare North community in Nairobi, Kenya in a family of footballers. Her late dad and siblings inspired her journey of playing football in a society where not many parents would encourage or support their daughters to pursue sports as one of the vehicles in achieving excellence. 

Esther is one of the women football stars who have raised Mathare North zone flag higher in different football platforms locally, regionally and abroad. She is an aspiring professional footballer and co-founder of She Can (I'm a sHERO) project under the umbrella of Wilsen initiative (Wi). She has more than 8 years’ experience working with children and her peers in community project that supports the well-being of both the children and youth. 

Her great passion is also to positively impact the lives of others, especially the young generation while working on community development initiatives that incorporate diverse cultures. Her career aspiration is to work in an environment where she will be in a position to help the next generation develop skills that would enable them become positive change agents at the earliest stage of their life. 

Her determination, talent, skills, discipline and unrelenting passion has enabled her achieve great exposure abroad and accolades in football and education. Despite being brought up in a humble background, she has been able to defeat many challenges that are associated with girls living in less privilege society by pursuing football and education as two of her gateways towards success. 

Currently, she is pursuing a degree in Bachelor of Commerce at the Kenyatta University while implementing her dream project known as She Can - I'm a sHERO hosted by Wilsen Initiative (Wi). Over the years Esther has gained valuable experience working with different organizations as a data clerk with the main responsibilities being; editing digital content for online products, classification of data and processing required data to ensure accessibility and reliability of the data to its users. 

 Brief Football Profile: 

•  Position: Midfielder. 
• Community club: - Ottobenecker F.C  Mathare North Zone. 

 Teams played for: - 

• 2018 to 2022 :- Played for Kayole Starlet soccer club that features in the Kenyan Women Premier League. 
• 2017 Gaspo F.C 
• 2015: - Participated in Africa University Games at University of Nairobi (UON). 
• 2014 -2015:- Played for Kenya Methodist University (KEMU). 
• 2002 – 2014: Played for Otto-Benecker football club based in Mathare North. 
• 2002: Participated in the International Norway cup soccer tournament in Norway with the MYSA team representing Kenya. 

 

Personal Best Quotes 

“Football made me, I have educated myself at some point, I have expanded my network of friends, played in the Norway cup and many more. My vision is to set up a center that will help the children and youth especially girls in leading a more responsible lifestyle. As a lifelong learner and a champion for quality education for all, my drive in life is to encourage girls / women in sports not to relent in pursuing education as part of achieving excellence. 

“It is important for the girls/women to find the winning combination in sports and education as two greatest avenue to excel in life. The unfortunate part there are no many platforms that train or mentor girls in the same line of thinking to make an informed life changing decision at the earliest stage like 12 years.” - Esther Mazira aka Essie. Footballer, Project Leader / Co-founder of She Can (I'm a sHERO)

 " Playing football is one thing, understanding your surrounding the next important thing but knowing yourself is the most important of all." - Esther Mazira, Project Leader / Co-founder at Wilsen initiative (Wi) She Can (I'm a SHERO). 

Featured Quote 

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” - Lou Holtz The Power of Sports and Education 

 Education Background

•  2019 to date: Pursuing Bachelor of Commerce at the Kenyatta University 
• 2014-2016: Diploma course in business administration at Kenya Methodist University. 
• 2012-2013: Attained certificate in counseling and psychology at Eden Therapy 
• 2009-2012: Attained Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) at ST. Teresa’s Girls High School in Nairobi County. 
• 2003-2008: Attained Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) at Valley Bridge Primary School in Nairobi County. 

 

Aspirations 

1.  To create a network of dedicated role models who will train and mentor young girls in sports. 
2.  To play profession football in top clubs. 
3. Acquire coaching qualifications. 
4. Establish a learning centre for children and youth.