Johnson-Sirleaf had a life full of upside downs. She got married at the age of seventeen and had four children. This experience gave her strength and a desire to succeed. She went back to college after giving birth to four children. She experienced violence, and civil wars in Liberia. All these experiences strengthened her desire to succeed in life and increased her determination by surviving extreme odds. She earned an accounting degree at the Madison College of Business, later studied economics at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and eventually received a master’s in public administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
President Johnson-Sirleaf is a woman and leader to define great strength, optimism and equanimity. Yes,
President Johnson-Sirleaf is a woman and leader to define great strength, optimism and equanimity. Yes,