‘This famous doctor once said, “Adults are just outdated children.” Dr. Seuss sure got that right. Everyone can’t get enough of pointing out what’s wrong – editors, TAs, any proofreader imaginable, they tell you what’s wrong with your work. WAGiLabs was the first program I’ve ever encountered emphasizing the importance of what’s right. Too often,[…]

I discovered early in my college career at Washington and Lee University (W&L) that I was very passionate about ending poverty. However, I was initially concerned about how pursuing this passion might affect the amount of time I had for my academic work and research—my main priorities. On the one hand, I had spent the[…]

The potentials inherent in children from impoverished communities fuel my desire to contribute to the development of sustainable mechanisms for the alleviation of poverty, particularly in Africa. While growing up in Lagos as a Nigerian, I had exposures to the harsh reality of the economic deprivation children from impoverished communities deal with in their daily[…]