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Olubamiji Adebola is her name. She recently bagged a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from a Canadian University. In a viral piece shared on Facebook, she narrates her story; detailing her travails and travels.
“I was the last, a girl child and raised by a mother who is farmer and a father who has little, I hawked pepper on the streets of Ibadan as early as age 10 to help my mum,” Adebola said.
She attended Olabisi Onabanjo University and bagged a degree in Physics, finishing with second class upper division, and then proceeded to Finland for a Masters Degree in Biomedical Engineering. She recalled that “During this masters degree, I worked part-time as a cleaner and did this after my Masters as well.”
Driven by determination, she applied to over 100 schools for her PhD and eventually got a full 3 year scholarship (later extended to 4 years) at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada to pursue a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. During her programme, Adebola worked part-time as a makeup artist, teaching assistant, braided hair and fix weaves to make extra money.
Adebola, upon completion of her degree, became the first black person to bag a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Ganiu Oloruntade
