My name is Mary Mutua. At the age of 18, I ran away from home because my parents could not afford to take me to a higher level of education. My paths led to the Kibera slums where drugs, crime, and prostitution became a way of life and a source of livelihood. I survived slums and being ill-treated as a housemaid. After a long time and much struggle, I managed to enroll in a University for Hospitality Management course. Many youths in Kenyan slums are not as lucky to escape slum life. The need to earn a livelihood pushes them to the very extent of often illegal actions from which some never recover. Only a few escape by chance as I did. My dream is to train marginalized youth, using hospitality management as a tool to enable them to explore their potential, to either integrate into or revolutionize the industry.