Driven By Service
Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program aims to give African women a ‘greater voice in their own lives’ and skills to strengthen their native countries
By Clarence A. Haynes
NEW YORK
Stella Chidinma Iwuagwa, of Nigeria, had long admired Oprah Winfrey’s energy and power, but never would have imagined she would be a recipient of the media mogul’s charity. “I never thought that Oprah could have any say in my life,” Iwuagwa says. “This woman I’ve yearned to be like.”
Nonetheless, thanks to the Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program for African Women, Iwuagwa and three other women were given need-based scholarships to attend New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
