Lelei joined Samuel Hall as a Research Assistant within the Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment, and Learning Pillar. She is a dedicated human rights lawyer and an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She holds a Master's degree in International Law and Human Rights from Åbo Akademi University (Finland), a postgraduate diploma in law from the Kenya School of Law, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of Nairobi (Kenya).

She has over three years of experience in international human rights advocacy with a focus on gender, sexuality, and migration as well as comprehensive knowledge of their national, regional, and international legislative frameworks. She has been involved in policy development projects in Uganda, Malawi, South Africa, and Rwanda.

Her major strengths lie in enhancing the capacity of organizations through meticulous research, strategic litigation, thoughtful planning, and impactful advocacy resulting in improved program implementation to combat discrimination. Her expertise extends to legal research and analysis, policy development, program design and execution, and grant management.