I am a 38-year-old woman who was Head of SRH/ARH at the Federal Ministry of Health in Ethiopia for the last 5 years and Head of the National HIV/AIDS Program. For another 5 years I was also a Member of Parliament in the House of People Representatives. As a MP, I chaired the women affairs committee in the Parliament. Currently I am student at Tulane University in the International Health Department and a candidate for an MPH.