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some sort of guidance on how to use my
authority reasonably and most of all
instilled a lot of self confidence in me. These
three aspects have helped me a great deal
and still today do today.
6. What hurdles, if any, did you overcome
along the way, and how?
Hmmm...I will call them challenges. Trust
me I’ll never get rid of those ones, however
as I grow it becomes easier for me to deal
with them.
I will start with adaptation; I have had to
adapt so many times it is a second nature in
me. In 2004, I left a purely “Anglophone”
organized system for a purely francophone
“different” system (Soa). Those who have
been there know what I’m talking about!!
Then, in 2008 I had to leave Cameroon (my
family, friends, the good food, etc.) for the
UK, a country I had never been to, worst I
knew nobody there. It was extremely
difficult that at one point I almost gave up.
Then my mom told me something which is
today one of my motivational phrases “...my
child nothing good in this life comes easy.”
The second challenge is one I constantly face today. My field of work is one predominantly
made up of men. Most of them (and equally my fellow women) think I got to where I am
because I am a woman with certain “assets” and also because of my surname. Hence, I have to
work as twice as hard to prove to them that “my brains” actually got me to where I am. True,
my surname has facilitated and opened doors for me, but I always have to prove myself,
always!!
7. What advice to you have for students who aspire to pursue your carrier/academic path,
and for current St. Bede’s College students overall?
I definitely don’t know it all; nevertheless I have learnt a lot of things from my little experience.
The advice I could give is, pray as if all depended on GOD and work as if all depended on you.
Depend on GOD for the wisdom, guidance and intelligence to handle the situations in which
you’ll find yourself. The sky should be your limit, believe in yourself and others will believe in
you.