Summary
Audrey Cheng is a growth and partnerships leader with 11 years of experience building mission-driven education and community platforms, currently directing AI and activities business development at Discord. She co-founded and led Moringa School for seven years, scaling it to 4,000+ graduates with an 85% job placement rate and earning international recognition for education impact. Audrey blends systems thinking and creative strategy to design market-driven learning solutions, and she now applies that playbook to help communities find belonging at scale. She has deep experience mobilizing investors, employers and policymakers across Africa through board and selection roles, and co-founded a venture-debt fund focused on women-led businesses. A prolific speaker and writer who’s presented at the World Bank, WEF and Expo Dubai, she combines an operator’s grit with an Enneagram 4’s curiosity—constantly experimenting with new models for the future of work. Based in Nairobi, she brings a track record of turning social insight into measurable outcomes across education, funding and platform ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Legatum Center Foundry Fellow (Inaugural) Innovation and Systems Thinking Studies, Legatum Center Foundry Fellow (Inaugural) Innovation and Systems Thinking Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science (BS) Journalism, Bachelor of Science (BS) Journalism at Northwestern University
INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Program, INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Program at INSEAD
Chinese, Mandarin