Njoki Sandra Kamuyu grew up in the Willow Run Historic Village and has been a member of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church since age twelve. Kamuyu moved to Kenya with her husband in 1972 and gave birth to her three children there before returning to Michigan in 1989 where she resumed her Brown Chapel membership and has remained involved ever since. Over a lifetime of church involvement, Kamuyu has watched the community evolve and continues to assist in its growth by educating children as a Sunday school teacher.