I traveled to Rwanda, a tiny landlocked sub-Saharan nation in East Africa, with my husband, Robert Pasick, who delivered leadership training to the Republic of Rwanda for the University of Michigan Business School.
My own mission in Rwanda was to connect a school there, with a school here, using an exchange of letters and art work. Rwanda/Michigan PenPals and Rwanda School Tuitions were born. As a consultant to my husband's leadership project, I was inspired to begin Origins of Leadership: Personal Stories of the Top 100 Leaders in Rwanda.
On my second trip to Rwanda, in the gleaming, spacious office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Sports, Culture, and Youth, Jean-Pierre Karabaranga asked for some help to address the needs of the next generation of Rwandese, many of whom lost their relatives in the genocide. Re-Storying Rwanda began there.