Rose Nankya was raised in rural Uganda, helping out on the small family farm during school holidays. Growing up, she admired the only graduate in the village—a woman—and wanted to emulate her. There was family opposition to her being educated, as everyone thought she would get pregnant and drop out of school like so many other girls do. “But I was determined to prove them wrong,” she says. “I worked hard and qualified to study at Makerere University.