A teacher from Turkey, Dilek first made her name as a finalist for the US$1 million Global Teacher Prize. In 2019, she received an international women's leadership award from the European Parliament for her leadership in the social, cultural and economic development of village women. Today, she is working to build her "One Wish Is Not Enough" movement in Turkey. In this book, Dilek Livaneli reflects on how she overcame adversity to become one the world's best teachers.