Celebrate 20 Years of Transforming Lives
Our 20th anniversary is a time to celebrate the impact we’ve built together over two decades. To mark this milestone, we are introducing our 20 for 20 Planned Giving Initiative, inviting supporters to consider how their values can create opportunity for generations to come.
Together, we can ensure that future scholars continue to experience the life-changing power of education.
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Twenty years of impact! Let's forge the next 20, together. ✨
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Saraphina grew up in Lusaka, Zambia, in a family facing financial hardship after her parents separated. Despite the challenges, her mother worked hard to keep her in school and later started a small community school for vulnerable children.
Inspired by her mother’s resilience, Saraphina is now studying Education at the University of Zambia through the support of the Wells Mountain Initiative Scholarship Program.
Her dream is to return home and improve the quality of education for children in her community.
Your support helps students like Saraphina turn hope into lasting change. ❤️
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✨ #20for20 Mariam Sulleiman, 2022 WMI Alum, Nigeria ✨
Raised in a Nigerian slum where overcrowded classrooms, financial hardship, and long days of hawking water threatened to derail her education, Mariam Sulleiman has refused to let her circumstances define her future.
📚 Today, she is a PhD researcher in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, advancing groundbreaking research in Human-AI collaboration and AI in Engineering Design after earning degrees from Carnegie Mellon University Africa and Federal University of Technology, Minna Bosso-Campus. Mariam’s remarkable journey recently earned her the prestigious Women in Engineering: Rising Star Award from the SAE Media Group, recognizing her leadership, innovation, and impact as a role model for women in STEM.
🌍 Mariam is also pioneering the integration of 3D printing into African manufacturing, with research accepted at the International Conference on Engineering Design exploring how additive manufacturing and traditional casting methods can modernize industries across the continent.
Beyond her academic achievements, she has remained deeply committed to local service, co-founding the Females in Clean Energy Foundation to expand STEM access, mentorship, and sustainable energy initiatives in underserved Nigerian communities.
As a proud alum of WMI and former Global Advisory Board member, Mariam continues to embody WMI’s mission by transforming opportunity into lasting change.
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