For the past few years, I’ve been involved in one of the most rewarding projects of my career: the Ghanaian Institute for the Future of Teaching and Education (GIFTED) Women’s Fellowship Program. Many organizations came together to create this program: Mujeres por Africa (a Spanish foundation that also funds the larger Ghana Wins! program), NYU, CEHD and the University of Education, Winneba. This support has allowed my co-principal investigator Kristie Patten Koenig at NYU and I, along with Sakina Acquah and Priscilla Yaaba Ackah of the University of Education, Winneba and our project staff Cornelia Sage and Martha Monty, to develop a program we believe can teach us some important lessons about fostering women leaders in education.