Deraso Dokhlohe was born in Kenya, she is a certified mediator for out of court settlement.
Deraso is also the ambasassadress of the African Capitals of Culture in East Africa, co-founder of Highway Education, a Kenyan-Canadian organization that stretches from Kenya to Somalia and founder of A Day As A Refugee, a nongovernmental organization whose main goal is to look into the living standard of every refugee and carrying out research and coming up with reasonable solutions to tackle the refugee crisis. Dokhole showcases the daily struggles of refugees in Africa and also point out various struggles of refugees around the Globe.
Deraso joined the board of Pierced Rock press in 2020 and she will be writing the preface to the revised edition of The Pride of an African Migrant, due for publication on June 15, 2020.