The central axes of her work are cooperating with NGO programs in Ethiopia and addressing public health and human rights problems in Ethiopia and across Africa,[1] with a focus on stories of girls and women.
[2] With Gem TV, she has produced many films about everyday life in the communities.
[3] Adanech Admussu was born and raised in the Mercato community[4] in Addis Ababa, as the eldest child in a Christian family.
She took care of her siblings while her mother was sick and later started selling snacks on the street of Mercato to earn wages her family.
[5] In 1997 she joined a training program with Gem TV, one of the first film schools in Ethiopia.