DIANA WILSON

Diana Wilson is a Ghanaian-American, born in Newark, New Jersey.  She attends the University of Virginia with a full scholarship from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation and has over a hundred thousand dollars in other scholarships. Diana has an interdisciplinary major of Sociology and Women Gender Studies. With the hopes of understanding the interconnection of business and its ability to have a greater social impact. Due to her passion for understanding the global sphere, she traveled to 11 countries within 4 continents. Diana has won the Forbes 30 Under 30 Scholar Award, Davis Projects for Peace, Coca Cola Scholarship, and the Echol’s Scholar award. Diana created Yielding Accomplished African Women, Ghana’s first finance & technology talent accelerator for women. Our mission is to create a pipeline that will empower African women to develop a gender specific professional toolkit that will advance their careers in business or technology.