She attended the International School of Geneva between 1981 and 1985, the Convent of the Assumption in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England from 1985 to 1988, and Regent's University London from 1989 to 1992.
[1] In 2000 Amira began working for 98.4 Capital FM, the second independent radio station to be established after the liberalization of the media in Kenya.
Later she moved to television, creating, hosting and being responsible for the content of The Patricia Show, which was syndicated across Africa, as well as in Europe and the US, between 2009 and 2013.
The film is the story of romance between two young women amidst family and political pressures and the debate about LGBT rights in Kenya.
[4] Amira is co-chair of the board of Equality Now, an international non-governmental organization founded in 1992 to advocate for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls.