Kupuev Academy is a female-led progressive private school located in Osh, the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan and accredited by the country’s Ministry of Education. It was founded in 2019 by Ivy League-educated Kyrgyz entrepreneurs as a private school that combines rigorous curriculum emphasizing sciences, mathematics, programming courses with pastoral care and culture of freedom of expression and creative thinking. Since its inception, Kupuev Academy has received support from USAID, Highland Capital, ACDI/VOCA’s impact investing subsidiary AV Ventures in partnership with AV Frontier’s Central Asia Impact Fund and Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank (KICB).