Dafnah Sizomu was born in Uganda to Abayudaya community religious leader Rabbi Gershom and Tziporah Sizomu, and grew up Los Angeles, where her father was in rabbinical school, and spent a year in Israel. On returning to Uganda in 2008, she earned a diploma in pharmacy. She teaches Hebrew and trains bar and bat mitzvah students, and has a passion for reading Torah and leading services. She loves arts and crafts, and making new friends. She is married to Samson Nderitu and they have a daughter, Shirah.
