Amber Mensa was born in Liberia and raised between Ghana and Liberia. Per Amber, her life's goal has always been to become a doctor. She is currently on track to making that a reality. She is attending Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM), Miramar, FL, and recently began medical rotations.

Amber views helping others as an essential part of life. She is a lover of knowledge and often pushes herself to step outside her comfort zone to acquire new knowledge she feels would be beneficial to her and those closest to her.

Aderike Ajao is an Investment Banking Associate based in New York City. She uses her knowledge, experience, and deep client relationships to help private and public companies address all equity-related capital needs. She has received theinspiring excellence award at her firm and has been recognized severally for her role in training and recruiting young bankers.

Aderike has led and been a part of African organizations working to drive change and equip a new generation of talent on the continent. She currently volunteers with multiple financial education, social entrepreneurship, and innovation organizations. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College, where she double majored in Economics and Politics.

Originally from Nigeria, Alheri Egor-Egbe graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 2017 with a BA in International Relations & English. She currently lives in Dublin, Ireland, and works as an Agency Account Manager at Google, consulting with small and medium-sized businesses to optimize their Google online marketing.

Alheri also has experience working in the internet industry. In her spare time, she—along with her brother—runs a small business assisting individuals to build their websites, manage inking marketing portfolios, and write and edit diverse forms of written comms.

Delight Nana Ama Tigoe is a brilliant mind born and raised in Pig Farm, Accra—Ghana. She is one of the
GPFA scholars that had the opportunity to study at Eastern Mennonite University in the US. She is
currently working as a Sales and Operations Assistant in a Cardiothoracic healthcare solutions
company based in the US. Delight is not just her name, but who she is to herself and the people around her. According to the enneagram personality test, Delight is a 5 (investigator), meaning she is
curious, observing, and independent. Delight is a learner, and for that reason, she enjoys reading motivational books, people’s biography, and any material that teaches her something about life and helps her grow.

The most important thing to note about Delight is that she maintains that God has a favorite child, and that child is Delight Nana Ama Tigoe.

Georgia Genoway-Johnson is a former GPFA scholar and a graduate of University At Albany-Suny (M.A. in Women Gender & Sexuality Studies), who currently lives and works in Albany, New York for the Domestic Violence Services. She is interested in women's social and political issues, youth empowerment, and girls' education & leadership. She is also very passionate about community service, advocacy, and youth mentorship.

She enjoys volunteering, spending time with family, mentoring young girls, and working with projects/programs that promote peace, equality, and equity.

Hailing from Liberia, Leemu Madison currently lives and works in New York as a Program Associate for the Daphne Foundation. She has spent the last 5 years learning about and working with philanthropic institutions. She also has a strong interest in international relations & diplomacy. She holds two Master's Degrees from Seton Hall Univerity in International Relations and Diplomacy & Asian Studies.

Leemu has a love for languages and cultures—she is in the process of learning Korean and speaks Chinese conversationally. As part of her cultural immersion challenge to herself, she spent a year in China teaching Beginner to Advanced English at the Hubei University of Medicine in Shiyan, Hubei Province.

Lucia Dorley is a third-year student studying Visual Art and Design at Lynn University in Florida. She is passionate about creativity, well-being, and the arts.

Lucia envisions herself working in a creative field and someday having her studio or creative hub. She enjoys listening to music, podcasts, exercising, and self-reflecting. When she is not doing any of those, she challenges herself to learn something new and improve her skills. Lucia considers herself to be kind, empathic, and driven.

A market intelligence and economics specialist with experience working in the Economic Consulting and Technology industries, Marilyn is currently based in Boston, USA. Marilyn is an economic development enthusiast who maintains a keen interest in sustainable models and poverty alleviation interventions in emerging economies.

Her volunteer experience with several international organizations and NGOs in Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States has focused on healthcare reform, education funding systems, and capacity building for entrepreneurs in low-income communities. As a problem solver, Marilyn is passionate about data analytics and data visualization. She also enjoys trying new recipes, writing poems, and visiting new cities.

Nuula Varpilah is a 20-year-old Liberian Kpelle girl from Bong county. She got her primary education from the Levi C. Williams Learning Resource Center.

She graduated with a high school diploma from Ricks Institute and later enrolled at Cuttington University, where she is currently a third-year student majoring in Business Management and minoring in Accounting. She describes herself as a lover of music, dance, poetry, and many other forms of art. But most important to her, she is also a feminist and an activist for women and children’s rights.

Though having grown up in Accra, Ghana, Princess Nicole Blamoh's roots and culture emerge from her motherland -Liberia. Her passion for design, art and sustainability has been the guiding force behind her decisions and accomplishments.

Princess, fondly known as Pudu, quickly grasped the art of photography during her high school years, sailed the Atlantic oceans for a semester, and co-authored "And It Begins", a chronicle of her transformative adventures in high school. She continues to hone her photography skills by taking pictures at leisure for her photoblog. Her tenacity knows no bounds.

In 2020, Pudu graduated Magna cum laude from the University of Southern California with a degree in Visual Anthropology. She is a designer and content creator at The DUBLifeCo. LLC, a clothing company that uses designs and cross-cultural fashion to create opportunities for Africa’s youth. In addition, she interns for the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF), and works as a Waste & Recycling Data analyst for UCBZeroWaste. Pudu is a vibrant, intelligent, and passionate young professional; the making of a true renaissance woman.

Tevonne F. Dennis graduated from Butler University with a BSc in Finance. She began her career as a financial analyst for Eli Lilly and Company, a Fortune 150 pharmaceutical company, later moving to Liberia to serve as COO, now CFO, of Shark's Entertainment Inc.

According to Tevonne, "Shark's is a giant in the ice cream manufacturing and retail, catering, and family entertainment industries but more importantly to me, it is a business my mother started more than 30 years ago to bring light and joy to Liberia when so many doors and windows were shut. Today, we own Liberia's first, largest, and most equipped ice cream factory and I am grateful to relentlessly pursue my passion by providing the economic empowerment needed to propel our nation and people, young and old, forward."