Jackie Asiimwe, a lawyer, is the Uganda Country Manager of Wellspring Advisors, a US based philanthropic advisory firm. Jackie studied law at Makerere and obtained a diploma in legal practice at the Law Development Center in Kampala. She then did her master’s in law at Georgetown University Law School in Washington, DC. Jackie is not just a lawyer, but an activist too! She worked for some of Uganda’s leading women’s rights organizations including The Uganda Association of Women Lawyers, Action for Development and Uganda Women’s Network. Jackie mostly worked to promote and defend women’s equal rights in marriage, women’s land rights, as well as fight against violence against women. Jackie is passionate about her country and about her citizenship. She does a lot of work around educating people to appreciate their citizenship and to be active citizens in their country. Jackie loves the outdoors. Her images of her latest conquests on various outdoor trails are very inspiring