Mrs. Folake Wole-Soyinka earned her degree in English, Literature and Drama at the University of Ife, Ile-Ife in 1983 and did her National Youth Service with the Nigerian Television Authority, Kaduna, in 1983/1984. She later obtained a MSc degree in Human Resources from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, United States in the year 2000.

In between, she began her career in 1984 as a journalist at The GUARDIAN Newspapers where she  earned and excelled as an Investigative Reporter. She was on the judicial desk and reported landmark cases ranging from judgments from the Supreme Court to trials by Military Tribunals charged with adjudicating on matters relating to treason. She also wrote reviews of plays and books for the Arts section of the newspaper.

She later resigned from The Guardian and joined Quality Magazine as one of its pioneer staff.  She wrote on current affairs and political trends but concentrated mostly on gender issues, particularly as it affects women. Mrs. Wole-­Soyinka left Quality Magazine to become a founding member and part owner of the pioneer women’s journal in Nigeria – CLASSIQUE magazine.

She found herself compelled to join her husband in exile in the United States during which period she wrote columns for Nigerian journals, enrolled in Claremont University where she obtained a Master of Science in Human Resources Management. In exile, she volunteered in public service with the Supreme Court of California, Family Law Division, County of San Bernardino and in Battered Women’s Shelters in Pomona and Los Angeles, California.

She later joined the staff of Water of Life, where she was responsible for setting up the Human Resources Department. She worked in several other organizations and was the Executive Director of the non-profit outfit, Essay Foundation. She returned to Nigeria and joined the staff of Nigerian Shippers’ Council where she is now Deputy Director (Corporate Strategy/Special Assistant to the ES/CEO).

She is a Board Member/Executive Director of The Wole Soyinka Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is the eradication of barriers of self-expression. She is married and a mother of three sons and two daughters-in-law.

She has a robust record of human empowerment exploits in decades with an inclination for sustainable development .  Would you not rather we have her as MMS United Nations Generation Amazon?