ASEC: Our Team

Sr. Draru Mary Cecilia, LSMIG, PhD

Areas of Expertise: Gender, Education, Sustainable Development, Women in Leadership

Sr. Draru Mary Cecilia, LSMIG, Ph.D. is of the congregation Little Sisters of Mary Immaculate of Gulu (LSMIG) in Northern Uganda and began her role as ASEC Executive Director in November 2017.

Sr. Draru has vast experience on gender, education and sustainable development in Africa. She received her Ph.D. in September, 2017 from Radboud University in Nijmegen, Holland after successfully defending her doctoral thesis, Education Pathways: Narratives of Female Academics and Administrators. 

Prior to her new role as ASEC Executive Director, Sr. Draru spent 15 years serving at ASEC’s HESA partner institution, Uganda Martyrs University (UMU). Her most recent role at UMU was Dean of Students, where she was responsible for student welfare, student extracurricular activities and managing alumnae relations.

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Contributions

• Sr. Draru Mary Cecilia, LSMIG, Ph.D., ASEC Executive Director Honored with 2024 Notre Dame Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Education (Profile)
• Celebrating 25 Years of Hope: ASEC's Silver Jubilee Milestone (Author)
• ASEC Celebrates 25 Years of Transformative Impact: Jubilee Dinner Marks a Milestone for Education and Empowerment in Africa (Profile)
• The Path to Prophetic Collaboration (Profile)
• Using Technology to Strengthen Ministries (Profile)
• SLDI Participants meet with Executive Director, Share the Impact of Computer Technology Workshops (Profile)
• ‘Mystical Wisdom’ Found at LCWR Conference in St. Louis (Profile)
• Staff Training Focuses on Social Entrepreneurship (Profile)
• ASEC Executive Director Speaks to Students of NativityMiguel School of Scranton (Profile)
• ASEC Joins in Celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus (Profile)
• Reverence As Our North Star (Author)
• ASEC Holds SLDI Virtual Partners Workshop In Preparation For Phase VI of the Program (Profile)
• An ASEC Perspective: The Importance of Catholic Sisters Week (Author)
• Diving into the New Normal (Author)
• Partnership provides nursing/teacher scholarships for Catholic Sisters in Africa (Profile)
• Our Shared Big Dream for Humanity (Author)
• Representative Kyle J. Mullins visits ASEC, local Scranton nonprofit organization (Profile)
• Time Conceals, Reveals: Executive Director reflects on her first year (Author)
• Faith and Development: A Celebration of ARU at 50 (Author)
• Sr. Draru Mary Cecilia, LSMIG named new ASEC Executive Director (Profile)