The Teenage Survivor: Consolee Nishimwe survived the genocide as a 14 year old, and went on to become a powerful advocate for other survivors, an author, and a defender of global women’s rights .

In 1994, Dr. Seminega, a Tutsi, was a professor at The National University in Rwanda in Butare. Dr. Seminega was specifically targeted to be killed during the genocide. Miraculously, he survived, along with wife and five children. The survival of their family of seven is a credit, in part, to members of their Jehovah’s Witness community, who were Hutus and repeatedly risked their lives to save them.

The Last American: Carl Wilkens was the only American to remain in Rwanda during the genocide and, in doing so, saved the lives of countless Rwandans.

The Federal Agent: Mr. Kayiranga, a Rwandan, lost his father, six brothers, and sister in the genocide; and in his career he has been instrumental in working with the Rwandan Prosecutor General and their Genocide Fugitive Tracking Unit in extraditing suspected genocide fugitives to justice in Rwanda.

Her Father’s Daughter: The daughter of a Hutu mother and a Tutsi father, Aline Umutoni survived the genocide as a five year old, after her beloved father was tragically murdered.

Justice Sam Rugege served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rwanda for eight years and played an integral role in judicial reform in post-genocicide Rwanda.