Black. American. Benin.

Pamela Akplogan (left), Benin delegate of the Empowering Women through Sports program.

I’ve always enjoyed traveling. Perhaps another immeasurable blessing from my mother who read vociferously, which seemingly naturally became one of my favorite lifelong pastimes. I love the mental escape to adventure, fantasy, and possibilities. As a child, Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels was one of my most memorable reads as he opened my eyes to mystery, intrigue, and new lands. Like most children, I had a lot of innocence, which protected me from the…