Esther Passaris is a social entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Kenyan politician currently serving as the Nairobi County woman representative in the bicameral Kenyan parliament, and a member of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Political Party. In 2013, she ran for member of parliament for women's representative for Nairobi County, on the Kenya National Congress political party ticket, but lost to Rachel Shebesh. She is a female public figure in Kenyan business and politics.