| Birth Name: | Olga Emily Marlinn |
| Birth Date: | 12 November 1934 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, United States |
| Occupation: | Educator and author |
| Alma Mater: | Trinity College Dublin |
| Known For: | Founding member of Kianda School, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Notable Works: | To Africa with a Dream |
Olga Marlin (born November 12, 1934) is an American-born educator based in Kenya. She is the author of To Africa with a Dream and a founding member of Kianda School, Nairobi, Kenya, which started in 1961 as Kianda Secretarial College, and was the first multi-racial girls' school in East Africa.
She is a member of the Strathmore University University Council.
Olga Emily Marlin was born in New York City on November 12, 1934,[1] [2] and studied modern languages at Trinity College Dublin, from which she received her MA degree in 1956. She also holds a H.Dip.Ed. from University College Dublin (1957).[3]
In 1960, she moved to Kenya, at a time when few African women had any access to a formal education, and in 1961 she began, together with other women, Kianda College, a secretarial college that was open to women of all races,[4] which in 1993 became part of Strathmore University.
The second edition of her book To Africa with a Dream, which describes her 50 years of work in Kenya and other African countries, was published in 2011 by Boissevain Books.
In June 2011, she received a Litt.D. degree, honoris causa, from Strathmore University, the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from the University.