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Cindy Kwak: I consider myself more Kenyan than Korean

Cindy Kwak

South Korean Cindy Kwak, 24, is a fashion designer, singer, proficient sign language interpreter, a marketer and the CEO of Nashipai Leather.

Photo credit: Pool

What you need to know:

  • I established Nashipai to help my siblings from the centre, especially the deaf ones, to earn a living once they finish school.
  • Most of the Nashipai products are exported to South Korea and other Asian markets, and some are sold in Kenya.

South Korean Cindy Kwak, 24, is a fashion designer, singer, proficient sign language interpreter, a marketer and the CEO of Nashipai Leather, a Kenyan luxury brand

I am from South Korea but I like to say I’m from Kenya because it feels like home. I have lived here long enough to consider myself one. My parents and I moved to Kenya when I was nine.