I have dedicated my life to teaching women and young people from local communities how to get into farming, believing that agriculture is the route out of a life of crime and destitution. My story began in Harare, where I was brought up by my grandmother, my mother having had to leave Zimbabwe to seek work abroad. Each summer, me and my brother would spend time in rural Seke, where our grandmother would teach us important farming skills – tilling the land, planting and harvesting. I was inspired by my grandmother’s farming experience, but my journey took a turn when, upon her death, I found myself alone, with no support system. This marked a turning point in my life, as I realized that drawing on my grandmother’s entrepreneurial spirit and agricultural experience was my way to make something out of my life.