Season 4, Episode 46: Be Who You Are

Lohifa Pogoson Acker is a mother, sister, daughter, entrepreneur, social activist and in Linda’s mind, the unofficial Mayor of Hamilton, Canada.

Born in Nigeria, Lohifa came to Canada at 16, via the UK. Her parents were professionals and she’d had some opportunities to travel but she was excited about this new adventure, embracing a new country, different cultures and the opportunity to get to know people. A great joy in her life.

Her mother was a lawyer and her father a food sciences engineer. While she had chosen biopsychology and economics for her career, she also had a great love of the arts, English and storytelling. She worked at home and abroad in public health including through the Clinton Foundation to fight HIV and AIDS in mothers and their children.

Season 3, Episode 36: Knowledge of Self

Dr. Lanysha Adams is a sister, daughter, mother, academic and entrepreneur.

She is a first-generation college student and the very first in her family to obtain a PhD.

Through her experience defending her doctoral thesis, she identified a need to help doctoral candidates get through the often cut throat world of academia.