Erica Mackey

About Erica

• Growing up, I split my time between living with my mother in California and my father in South Africa.
• My first experiences in South Africa coincided with the end of apartheid, which sparked my passion for social justice and change.
• Attended UCLA where I received a bachelor’s degree in ecology and evolutionary biology.
• While in college, I got the opportunity to go to Tanzania to work with an organization that was helping people living with HIV.
• After graduation, I returned to Tanzania to run that organization—and for the next seven years, built it into an organization that made government health services accessible to rural communities.
• Wanted to further develop and refine my business skills, so I pursued an MBA at Oxford University.
• While at Oxford, I met my co-founder and started Zola Electric, which delivers clean, renewable energy to communities in Africa.
• After giving birth to my daughter and dealing with the struggles of becoming a working mom, I was inspired to start MyVillage, a community of high-quality in-home childcare programs.