Alphonse Mujenda was born in the eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo where Lake Tanganyika is at the center of people’s life. He graduated from “College Notre Dame de la Victoire,” one of the most prestigious Jesuit boarding high schools in the nation before he was selected to attend University in Belgium. He holds a Bachelor degree (BA) from the well renowned Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium and a Masters (MA) in Higher Education from Boston College. Hauser Center/Harvard U is his first fulltime position in the USA, as a new immigrant from DR of Congo. Before this, he was a Financial Director, member of Congo’s Government Experts Team, and Councilor to Finance Minister - for which he traveled for conferences in: France, Greece, Holland, Italy, Kenya, South Africa and Switzerland. He has also served in the Students Committee for International Students at Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, and was appointed as Basket Ball Coach for Junior high school men and women teams.