Frank George Mgungwe is a dedicated rural development practitioner and a Lecturer in Human Rights and Development studies at the University of Livingstonia, Malawi. He holds a Master of Laws (LLM) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the University of London (UCL, London), achieved under the Canon Collins Law Scholarship Scheme. Frank also holds a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Nottingham, earned through the Commonwealth Scholarship program, and a Bachelor of Education from Mzuzu University. As a change maker, his work focuses on human rights and transformative rural development, with a commitment to empowering marginalized communities. Currently, Frank is a doctoral research student in Transformative Community Development, at Mzuzu University, Malawi.