Shelmina Babai Abji is on a mission to advance gender equality in leadership roles and her initiative to uplift mentees this International Women’s Day.

Shelmina Babai Abji started with humble beginnings in Tanzania and went from being the first in her family to graduate college to becoming one of the highest-ranking women of color at IBM while raising her two children as a single mother. She is a bestselling author, renowned international public speaker, former IBM VP, angel investor, and first-generation college graduate.