Blooming is a MasterCard Scholarship recipient and a full time MBA student at the University of British Columbia – Sauder School of Business. She is the Founder of Africa Blooms Co., an online retail store that merchandises products proudly made in Africa locally and globally (www.africablooms.com). Blooming believes that with hard work, persistence and the right partners, investors, and team, together we can positively change the story of the African continent locally and internationally…we’ll give the world an opportunity to see what it’s like to believe in and celebrate Africa. Blooming is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University with a dual degree in Economics & Accounting. Prior to starting her MBA program she worked at MFM – Nigeria as an Internal Auditor and at CNA Insurance, headquartered in Chicago as an Accounting Rotational Business Associate with primary focus on General & Financial Reporting, Accounting Control & Support and Reinsurance. During her undergraduate program she interned at Ernst & Young – Chicago and Midway AG Company – Chicago. As an undergraduate, she excelled academically, and in 2011 she founded the Global Instrument of Change Initiative, a non-profit organization that assists immigrants with finding education and employment opportunities. She organized a conference for over 100 attendees from the US and UK, where students had the opportunity to learn firsthand from their peers as well as business executives. In addition to her formal education, Blooming reads extensively about other leaders working to change the world, and has travelled across the US to attend events and conferences that continue to motivate and inspire her. Her long term goal is to positively change the African conversation through her group of companies on the African continents.