Stony Brook 40 Under Forty Recognition Program

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2021 Honoree
Ofonime Inokon-Anusionwu’05
BS Health ScienceFounder and Director, weCare Initiative for Africa; Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Style Rave
Portrait of Ofonime Inokon-Anusionwu
  • Advocate for schools in marginalized rural sub-Saharan African communities through the nonprofit weCare Initiative for Africa
  • Created educational programs, including health education and special literacy programs, for girls in West Africa
  • Personally awarded educational scholarships and distributed aid materials to orphanages, internally displaced person camps and rural communities in Nigeria
  • Mentors upcoming writers through an internship program with digital fashion and lifestyle company Style Rave
  • Recognized as one of 2021’s “Top 34 Women from Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria” by "Frontiers Impact Magazine" and the Uyo Chamber of Commerce

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