Maritu Kabada is 26 years old; she lives in Netanya, Israel with her mother and sister.
Maritu was born in Ethiopia and immigrated to Israel with her mother when she was 3.5 years old as part of "Operation Moses" that took place in 1984. They were one of the first groups that started marching to the boarder of Sudan in order to fulfill the dream of coming back to their historical homeland after 2000 years in exile. After months of walking through dangers and waiting in a refugee camp in Sudan, they landed in Israel.
They stayed in an absorption center for two years. Maritu successfully graduated high school, and a short time afterward she was recruited to the army and trained to be a weapons instructor and a group commander. After two years in the army she started to study social work at the Tel- Aviv University. She specialized in children and teenagers therapy.
