Jacinta was born and raised in Central Kenya. Her passion for providing education to the underprivileged saw her become one of the five founding teachers of the school in 1994 and soldier on to see Gatoto become what it is today. She is one of the teachers in the school’s pre-primary section. Besides her teaching work, she is closely involved with the scouts’ club. She is one of the coordinators of the school feeding programme. Her other interests include netball and community work.