Do you know what time it is? It's 1:16a.m. and I am still awake
trying to wrap things up in preparation for the grande finale of our
Google CS4HS 2015 Teacher Training workshop. I really believe that
anything worth doing is worth doing well and with that I set some very
hairy audacious goals during the organization of this workshop. It's
turned out to be a success on every level you can think of and for that I
am humbled. To bring things to a close today is an amazing woman from
the US Embassy Abuja. I am honored to introduce her to you all.
Folashade Adebayo (Education Advising Superior, United States Embassy, Abuja) Folashade Adebayo describes herself as an original “Naija” woman with
her ability to understand and speak several Nigerian languages (she
speaks Yoruba, Hausa, Pidgin English and has a basic understanding of
Igbo). She holds a degree in Public Administration and a post graduate
degree in Business Administration. Before joining the United States
Embassy, Shade worked with the American International School Abuja.
She has attended the United States Based Training Program (USBT) and
Professional Advising Leadership (PAL) training, participated in
Sub-Saharan Africa advisors conferences, presented and co-chaired
sessions at several NAFSA and other international educational
conferences. It is Shade’s role of advising indigent and talented
students in the United States Achievers Program (USAP) that gives her
the most satisfaction. By advising USAP students and sharing their
success stories, Shade spreads a message of hope for a brighter future
to talented young Nigerians who never believed they could study in the
United States on scholarship.
Shade says “being an advisor is the best job at the Embassy because we are in the business of transforming lives”. She will be speaking as well as facilitating a panel discussion at our closing ceremony tomorrow.
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