Catherine Nakalembe, Assistant professor at the University of Maryland (USA), Africa Program Director under NASA Harvest and a member of the NASA SERVIR Applied Sciences Team. - And one of the keynote speakers during the #tropentag2023 conference. Her research includes drought, agriculture and food security. Additionally, we got to talk about her beautiful children and her time abroad. Interview by the student reporters team during #tropentag2023 at the Humboldt University in Berlin.