Lucy Appiah has nine years of experience managing programs in the international development space. She has managed programs worth millions of dollars to deliver solutions to improve the lives of over 3000 young women and rural communities. Prior to founding StepUp Ed Inc, Lucy served as Associate Director for the Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) Program, an initiative of Yale University and a college access program for talented high school students in Africa. In this capacity, she led her team to develop programming strategies and content to support high school students in Africa, particularly those with limited access to opportunities, to accomplish their educational goals in the US and other parts of the world.

Before her relocation to the US, she worked at the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) as Senior Program Officer mainly responsible for The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, a program that provided access to high school and college for thousands of high achieving, low-income students in Ghana.  During this period, she worked extensively with diverse groups of stakeholders in education to support young women.

She is passionate about mentoring young Africans to make informed decisions concerning their education and career. Lucy earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Ghana and a Master of Philosophy in Social and Developmental Psychology from Cambridge University in the UK. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.