My name is Jessica Heddenhausen and I am currently studying MSc Strategic Marketing at Maynooth University. Attending several educational institutes – in Germany, South Africa, the United States and the Netherlands – has taught me to recognise valuable environments as those which provide individuals with opportunities for proactive growth. Within 2 years of transferring to Maynooth in my undergraduate studies, this environment enabled me to become class representative, to hold the 2019/2020 Maynooth Team Leader position at Enactus (an international organisation supporting student entrepreneurship), to lead our “Social Capital Boost” consulting project, and to serve as President of the Maynooth Christian Union society. I also represented our university at the Global Innovation Challenge at the Intuit Headquarters in San José, and still continue to indulge in the countless possibilities that Maynooth University has enabled me to pursue. As one of many proud Maynooth University students, I am grateful for the diversity of remarkable role models at Maynooth – particularly, the powerful women who teach us to take leadership, who inspire us to push the boundaries and empower us to proactively shape a thriving shared future.