Phiona Mutesi, is Uganda’s first Chess Woman Candidate Master. Her story of triumph against adversity was so inspiring that it was made into a successful movie, The Queen of Katwe. Born in Katwe, the biggest slum in the capital, Kampala, in 1996, she had to drop out of school at the age of nine, because her family could no longer afford to send her following the death of her father when she was younger. Mutesi learned chess before learning to read by visiting Agape Church, where Robert Katende ran a chess programme. It wasn’t long before she could beat Katende and from 2007 to 2009, she won Uganda's women's junior championship. She was selected for the Uganda team for the Chess Olympiad and impressed her opponents with the ability she showed at such a young age. She played in Olympiads in 2012, 2014, and 2016. By scoring 50 percent in 2012, she earned the title of Woman Candidate Master. Now focused on being a motivational speaker, she talks about overcoming adversity, pursuing opportunity, realising your dream, inspiration and resilience.