Adebola is a certified Personal Development Coach, Speaker and Trainer from the John Maxwell Leadership Company. Her areas of expertise are in early childhood education, personal development, non-profit management, grant writing, and community-based programs and research.
Adebola holds a diploma in Early Childhood Education, an Honors Bachelor of Child Development, and a graduate certificate in Mental Health Intervention from Seneca Polytechnic, Toronto. She holds a master’s degree in Child and Youth Care from Toronto Metropolitan University, and a certificate in Advancing Women’s Leadership in Conflict Transformation, Peacebuilding, and Community Development from St Xavier University. She is now a PhD Policy Studies student whose research focuses on inequity issues and mental health of immigrant women in Sudbury and neighbouring cities.
She has expertise in post-secondary teaching, training, facilitation, non-profit leadership, and community development. She is the Founder & Executive Director at Afro Women and Youth Foundation (AWYF), Team Lead at Adebola Adefioye Consulting (AAC) and Early Childhood Education (ECE) Professor.
Her work has been recognized by many organizations. Some of her awards includes:
- 2024 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women
- 2024 Afro Heritage Community Builder Award
- 2023 Canada’s Top 100 Black Women
- 2023 Rising Star Award, PARO Women’s Enterprise
- 2022 YWCA Women of Distinction Award
- 2021 United Way Toronto Black Leadership Award
- 2021 Ontario Premier’s Award winner
- Seneca HELIX Female Entrepreneur
- Walker Wood Early Childhood Educator
- $5000 Adebola Adefioye Scholarship
