Her father, John Kerry, was at the time an influential US Senator. The now Special Presidential Envoy for Climate had served in the Vietnam war and the visit was meant to instill in his teenage daughter an understanding of the stark divide between their world and the developing one. After finishing courses at Yale University and Harvard Medical School, she started volunteering in Uganda and Rwanda. “There just weren’t enough healthcare providers and the ones there were were often flying in and flying out, never really transferring skills or investing in those places,” she thought to herself.
She talked to The Telegraph last week at the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly on a sunny September day in Central Park. Dr Kerry had an hour spare between back-to-back meetings with delegates from the African Union and various heads of state. We are interrupted by hordes of people eager to introduce themselves. The 45-year-old is instantly recognisable, afterall, with her father’s strong features, deep blue eyes and blonde hair neatly scraped back.
