Gessye Ginelle Safou-Mat is a graduate student in International Development and a volunteer Friday Forum Coordinator at the School of International Service, American University in Washington, DC. She has researched for the IADB (crime and development) and UN association fellowship program (youth and the UN) as part of her Masters. She was a consultant for Meridian International Group (reproductive health at the workplace in developing countries). Gessye obtained a Bachelor degree in Banking and Finance at Regent University College in Accra, Ghana and worked for the American Express Travel Franchise in Congo. Gessye Ginelle Safou-Mat is currently volunteering at LDI Africa in the program management of the 2015 Fellows.