![]() #Iconquer adventures full#In her Junior year, fueled by her personal story as a young woman from an economically disadvantaged background, Grace started the Bowney Initiative, a non-profit organization in Ghana that envisions a world where all girls have access to resources to unleash their full potential. #Iconquer adventures portable#Whiles pursuing her undergraduate degree, she dedicated her time volunteering with numerous development projects including but not limited to Leap Africa (as a speaker empowering children especially girls in rural areas to stay in school), Starfish Aid (where she spent her time building libraries and teaching children in remote areas with no portable water, electricity and internet services), and the Let Girls Learn Initiative organized by IBM and Peace Corps as a mentor. Her previous and current experiences which span across Business, Non-Profit and International Development has demonstrated this philosophy. Grace strongly believes that every person irrespective of their background should have access to adequate resources in order to thrive and live a life of dignity. ![]() #Iconquer adventures professional#Nana is a highly adaptive advocacy & communications and project management professional with a proven record of building and developing relationships, managing projects from ‘embryo’ to delivery stages, designing educational programmes in multi-dimensional and multi-cultural contexts. Nana is very passionate about the topics of women’s empowerment and the effects of globalization alongside performing arts and Russian literature. She is a speaker at international conferences and a trainer on soft skills. Nana is currently working on several entrepreneurial projects and the law blog which she co-founded in 2018. To nurture her creativity, in 2019 she opened a signature restaurant in Baku. ![]() Additionally, she has experience in the field of mission support and risk management working mainly in the United Kingdom.Īs a Schwarzman Scholar, Nana earned her Master of Management Science in Global Affairs degree from the University of Tsinghua in Beijing, China and a Bachelor of Laws from Baku State University in Baku, Azerbaijan. To increase youth employment in agriculture, Nana co-led a grassroots advocacy and education campaign as part of a project at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. After completing her term in Belgium, she managed multiple government projects in Azerbaijan in youth policy implementation at the Youth Foundation. She became the Secretary General of ELSA – the largest young lawyers’ association in the world with the principal mission of internal governance. In 2017, Nana became the first person from Azerbaijan to be elected to run an international non-governmental organization. Nana speaks fluent English, Azerbaijani, Russian, Turkish and a bit of French. She is determined to work towards global cooperation by means of creating reliable relationships and cultural understanding amongst the nations and individuals. She has over 5 years of experience in international environments which were instrumental in molding a strong foundation and ideals for her career. Nana is a specialist in international relations and law, speaker, former government advisor and restaurant owner. ![]()
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