Oluwakemi Oduntan Abodede, the fourth born in a family of six children, says her parents were very supportive of her desire to go to university—and all of her siblings have followed suit, although she is the only one who pursued a science career. Today, this food technologist is determined to make a difference by increasing the consumption of indigenous vegetables by families in southwestern Nigeria, while encouraging the adoption of low-cost tools to ease processing tasks and reduce drudgery, especially for women.