"I'm a warrior, not a victim."

Zainab is a lawyer and women's rights advocate who lives with sickle cell disease. She refuses to let her condition define her capabilities or limit her ambitions.

"I've argued cases in court while managing a sickle cell crisis. I've traveled across the country for women's rights conferences despite my health challenges. I am a warrior, not a victim."

Zainab runs a legal aid clinic that provides free legal services to women and children affected by sickle cell disease, helping them navigate healthcare rights and social services.

"When I was diagnosed, I thought my life would be small. But I've proven to myself and to everyone else that SCD doesn't determine what we can achieve. We determine that for ourselves."