Maame Yankah was born in Accra, the capital of Ghana. Raised primarily by her mother and grandmother, Maame sometimes faced the reality of going to bed hungry, and didn’t have the food security that many in the Western world take for granted. Due to the bureaucratic nature of governmental systems, even the simplest things like obtaining a national identification card required the most efforts. Maame attended public schools and finished her education in Ghana at a public co-ed boarding high school. For three years, when the water flow was irregular, Maame and her schoolmates walked over a mile in each direction to fetch water, carrying it back to school in buckets – one in each hand, one balanced on top of the head. This she believes affected her not only academically but physically as well. Maame’s passion for female empowerment and community service has been with her for years.

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