Dr. Wovite Worku Mangesto was born in Ethiopia and acquired her higher education in Israel. She has a B.A. in Informal Education and an M.A. in Educational Administration from Bar Ilan’s Department of Education. She earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Hebrew University’s School of Education. The topic of her doctoral dissertation was “Adolescents in cultural transition – the connection between ethnic identity perceived discrimination and dropouts from the education system”. Dr. Worku Mangesto is a graduate of the Mandel School of Leadership and has a teaching certificate in Oral Torah Law from Bar Ilan University’s Education Department. She has been a lecturer at the David Yellin School of Education’s Department of Informal Education since 2012. Her academic involvement includes participating in international conferences, while some of her lectures deal with various aspects of the Ethiopian Israeli community – models of success, as well as factors that predict school dropouts. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Worku Mangesto is the National Supervisor of Advancing Immigrant Youth at Risk and is involved in developing study programs for youth at risk at the Ministry of Education. She also volunteers as Olim Beyahad, a non-profit organization. In 2013, she received the Matanel Award for Education from the Van Leer Institute for her unique educational activities that are integrated with theory.