Berkley Center

Foluyinka Fakoya is a Master’s candidate at Georgetown University’s Global Human Development Program. Prior to Georgetown, Ms. Fakoya worked with The Education Partnership (TEP) Centre, where she conducted research on the Nigerian education sector and produced comprehensive reports to support ongoing development interventions. Before joining TEP Centre, Ms. Fakoya spent a year teaching French at a public school in Kaduna State as part of her National Youth Service. During that period she also volunteered with the Educating Nigerian Girls In New Enterprise (ENGINE) initiative, where she provided supplementary weekly STEM and life skills classes to 30 girls in rural Northern Nigeria. She received a BA in Economics and Sociology from Amherst College.