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The Events Calendar’s Content Marketing Manager on navigating different cultures, her focus on faith, and what excites her most about a career in tech.
“The teamwork that comes into play when deploying a new version or a new update is just amazing.”
Born in Zimbabwe, Kudzai Vilika moved to the United States as a child and grew up in Arizona. “My journey has been a bit of a cultural rollercoaster,” she says. “After years of growing up and being Americanized pretty-darn well, I went back home and had to relearn to be a proper Zimbabwean again.” Thanks to her parents, Vilika had kept her native language (Shona) and could communicate fluently. While back in Zimbabwe, she attended Bible School and was trained for missionary work. “When I began traveling on the mission field, I later learned that the cultural shifts I faced were training me to be flexible and able to relate well to different societies,” she says. “It’s been an awesome journey, and I’m glad I went through it all.”