Entrepreneur and business development consultant Rehmah Kasule recently traveled to the United States as the first Ugandan participant in the FORTUNE/U.S. State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Program, which is organized in part by Vital Voices. In a recent interview with a Ugandan newspaper, Kasule shared her experience of the mentoring program and her mentor, the chief innovation officer and executive vice-president of marketing for AXA Equitable Life Insurance, Barbara Goodstein.

Kasule came away with many memorable moments, as she recounts:

“My first week in Washington was memorable because it was proof that no dream is too big. There I was, a girl all the way from Ggomba, mixing with the most influential women in the world. It was unbelievable.”

Inspired by the program, Kasule now plans to establish mentorship clubs in girls’ schools, as well as a “Women Empowerment Center in Kampala to nurture and support women by providing them with leadership and entrepreneurship development skills so as to uplift them and change their mindsets towards self development,” as she shared in her interview.

Kasule describes leadership as a quality to be developed:

“Leadership is about expanding your perspective, setting goals, understanding the dynamics of human behavior and taking the initiative to get to where you want to be. Through discovering who you are and your life’s purpose, you develop the self-awareness and confidence required to lead.”