Sylvia Phaphali Adzitey is a registered nurse with 13 years of experience. She is currently a senior nursing officer at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. She has advocated for the practice of kangaroo care (skin-to-skin care) for preterm babies and the early initiation of breastfeeding for babies delivered via cesarean section. Sylvia was the 2020 Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Northern Region Best Nurse and a mentor to many young nurses. She holds a Master of Public Health and a certificate in the Epidemiology of the Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in Low and Middle-Income Countries. Sylvia is founder of The FANCoD International, which works to prevent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and to support persons living with NCDs. Sylvia aspires to minimize the burden that NCDs pose on families by promoting screening and education on risk factors such as alcohol intake, smoking, physical inactivity, and unhealthy diet. After completing the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, Sylvia plans to apply her skills and knowledge to serve communities as an advocate in the prevention of NCDs through education, screening, and advocacy and to identify means of making fruits and vegetables affordable to all as a means of preventing NCDs.