You may have heard of this popular quote by Walt Disney: "If you can dream it, you can do it." The American animator, film producer, and entrepreneur, best known for creating Disney Studios, is remembered as a visionary dreamer who believed in imagination, innovation, and perseverance. Like Walt Disney, many great men and women who have left legacies in this world started with a dream. They saw it in their mind’s eye and went for it, come what may.

You may also have heard of many grass-to-grace stories. Some of these are just so exceptional, and presenter, producer, and public speaker Sweety Aborchie’s story is one of them. Born in Bolgatanga in the Northern Region of Ghana but raised in Lashibi Community 16, the young dreamer was a member of the poorest family in the community.

Her father, a producer and director with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation at the time, had a strong bond with her and believed she was special. He wanted to give her a life he could not have by making her stay with a few relatives just so she could be a little more comfortable. She recounted this on Adom TV’s M’ahyease program.

“Oh, then you have had quite an easy life,” said the host of the show, Afia Amankwah Tamakloe. Sweety’s response? “Hw333,” to wit, "You don’t know what you’re talking about."

According to the current co-host of JoyNews’ AM Show, things were so difficult for her family of twelve that one day, their mother, who had offered to dispose of expired rice from a neighbour, instead fed her family with it for some days. Life was so tough that they sometimes had to beg neighbours for ingredients and even salt to fix a meal. But none of these challenges killed young Sweety’s dream.

As cliché as it may sound, it is still a fact that nobody is an island, and everyone needs somebody at some point in life. Sweety went through quite a number of relatives, learning different lessons from each one of them. There were definitely ups and downs, but the young, ambitious woman kept hope alive, going through each new day with resilience and a strong urge to achieve her dream of becoming an impact maker someday.

An impact maker because there is nothing Sweety cannot do unless she has not set her mind to it. She is not defined by one specific thing—call her a jack of many trades. She dreams of becoming something, and she actually works to achieve it. From teaching at Accra Academy to making her debut on TV at GTV Sports Plus, going behind the scenes in production, working with various agencies and institutions, to her current role as one of the two hosts of the AM Show on JoyNews—she’s had quite a journey.

Through it all, she founded Girl Get Up Africa, a foundation that seeks to inspire and empower young ladies to become whatever they want to be and make a meaningful impact on society. But it does not end there. Christiana Sweety Aborchie keeps dreaming.

“I still look forward to getting into government one day. I want to be in anything that puts me in a position to change someone’s life for the better,” she shares, revealing yet another dream in her mind’s eye.

Her story is one of true ambition—wanting something and actually going for it despite all odds. She is indeed a product of her dreams.

Dear reader, dream it—it is possible.