This is how Sofonie Dala looked when she was 18 years old - The blue dress

At 18 years old, she was in her first year of university, studying Petroleum and Gas Engineering in Russia.

In her early twenties, she traveled to Moscow to participate in the Global Russian Language Olympiad, competing against international students from universities across Russia. She won third place with one of the best projects presented.

By her late twenties and early thirties, unable to find employment in Angola, she transformed challenge into opportunity and became an entrepreneur, building her own path forward.