Chamber of Commerce. But it wasn’t an easy journey and her training in psychology proved useful on the rocky road to suc- cess. “My father moved us to Cairo where I went to mixed schools. He always told us the sky’s the limit and that there was nothing more important than education. You need it to protect your dignity and must continually update yourself. I thought he was hard at the time, but now I realize he gave his best to educate me. He was influenced by his mother who encouraged him to empower his daughters to realize our careers were very important.”