Professional Development
I am an English For Special Purposes Expert, Communications Specialist, and Certified Management Consultant, currently en route to a Ph.D. in English (writing and rhetoric). I have 23 years of combined experience in executive management, English education, curriculum design, business development, marketing communications strategy, research communications, project management, and writing coaching; with strong problem-solving, creative thinking, and leadership skills.
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Based on my TESOL research experience, I see that there are common underlying proficiency models between English and additional languages. This presents critical thinking skills that can be leveraged to produce better academic writing. My teaching philosophy is to create a cognitively enabling environment for learners to utilize English vocabulary in writing outcomes that creatively model the form, structure, and rhetorics of written communication.
Fellowships
Farafina Trust Creative Writing Program by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2010)
International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (2020)
Certified Management Consultant in Communications, Language, and Education (2020).
Partnerships
British Council Partner for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Affiliations
TakeIELTS by the European Association for Education in Austria.
Publications
Author - Red Pepper and English Tea (2012), Good Times Books, India.
Review - Building Blocks of Academic Writing (August 7, 2023). BCcampus, Canada.
Awards and Scholarships
2008 - Creative Writing Scholarship of the Pan African Literary Forum at New York University
2010 - Colonel Farleigh S. Dickinson International Scholarship for a MFA in Creative Writing
2011 - Literary Residency at the Village Institute in India
2012 - ANBUKRAFT award for “Best New Fiction”
2012 - ANBUKRAFT award for “Creative Excellence in Literature”
2012 - Resident Writer at the 2012 London Olympics (Southbank Center’s Africa Utopia Festival)
2015 - World Bank Scholarship recipient at Lagos Business School’s Enterprise Development Centre
2017 - McKinsey’s Next Generation Women Leaders Finalist
2017 - Finalist for the Youth Enterprise Scale-Up program supported by the THNK School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam.
2020 - Finalist for the New Economy Booster program by Impact Hub in Austria.