Her rise to become a mentor and an inspiration to many girls and women came out of a rather unfortunate incident, which occurred while she was growing up. Sarah Nyendwoha Nitro had just excelled in Mathematics, then a male-dominated field from King’s College Budo in Uganda and had become one of the first six girls to be admitted to Makerere College (now Makerere University). While most of her female colleagues were offered “non-core courses” that were thought to be suitable for women, she chooses to study Mathematics. In a class of 32, she was the only woman. But the worst happened.