Sandra Duru-Eluobi

Sandra Chidinma Duru is a Nigerian-American public-policy scholar , who is the founder of the Pre-Adult Affairs Organization (PAAO).

Education Duru was born in Imo State, Nigeria.She has a degree from Escae Benin University, and received a PhD in Public Policy and Administration at African American University in 2025.

Career She was appointed Professor of Public Policy & Strategic Communications at the International American University, a private for-profit institution in Los Angeles, in 2023. Zest Media and Entertainment, and Executives Cable and Electronics Company, and managed a boutique in Lagos. and has been an advisor to the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, In 2014, the Nigerian Ambassador to Ivory Coast, Ifeoma Akabogu-Chinwuba, honoured her for her "contributions to providing solutions to the unemployment, violence and educational problems in Nigeria". In 2016 she launched a new project, The Unity and Peace Project 2016–2020 (The Up Project).

She has recently contributed to Nigerian educational system by opposing the scrapping of Computer Science from school curriculum.