Keneilwe is the Network Coordinator for the Al for the Arts and Al for Governance networks. Keneilwe was born in the United States of America and raised in South Africa. She did her undergraduate degree in Sociology with a minor in Psychology at Western Washington University in Washington State, USA. After completing her undergraduate degree, she returned to South Africa where she did her Honours in Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand. She also holds a TEFL certificate (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) from the University of the Witwatersrand Language School. Prior to joining ALA, Keneilwe began her career by teaching English as a foreign language and then moved into the NGO industry, first working at the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, and then as the founding National Program Coordinator for the Girls For Girls Program in South Africa.