Esther has a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Technology, a Masters of Science in Environmental Resource Management, and has completed numerous training programs focusing on women’s leadership, sustainable development, and gender in development. With over ten years of project and field work experience with NGOs and CSOs, Esther is currently sharing her knowledge as a faculty member at the University for Development Studies, an institution that promotes equitable and socioeconomic transformation of communities through practically-oriented and community-based teaching and learning.Esther is passionate about gender-related issues and after fifteen years of experience working with communities, has seen how gender plays a role in all areas, including the environment, agriculture, water and sanitation, and nutrition. She is interested in developing networking relationships with marginalized groups, in effect building their capacities and decreasing their vulnerabilities to allow increased access to development options and opportunities. Esther is excited to use her Kumvana experience to learn how Canadian organizations approach and practice gender mainstreaming and is looking forward to bringing ideas and practices into her work in Ghana.