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Emem Opashi

Emem Opashi is a seasoned industry leader, excellent communicator, author, podcast host, consultant and business coach with extensive experience across the education ecosystem. She is passionate about using her journey as a Business leader, Edu-Brand transformation expert, global event host, world travel enthusiast, fitness aficionado and family lover to enable others in her networks thrive.

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She has helped 100s of people, brands and businesses STAND out and increase their influence by creating profitable education products. She has established valuable expertise across diverse areas including brand communication, life coaching, emotional intelligence, course curriculum creation, global event management - notably in orchestrating annual corporate, exhibition summits, influencing brand visibility to forge dynamic relationships, leading national education training programs, consulting on international development projects and managing organizational improvement portfolios.

Emem demonstrates excellent interpersonal communication skills fluent in English, intermediate proficiency in French and basic Spanish. Leveraging on her various platforms such as podcasting, coaching, consulting, hosting hybrid events and creative videos, she shares her expertise in practical tool applications and course content development, which is evident in her created signature courses and business specialsSchooled, EVENTIC-8, Systems Made Easy (SME) and a CPD accredited course for Early Childhood lead educators amongst others developed for education brands, businesses and corporate organization L + D units. A prolific lifelong learner, she most recently gained a MSc in International Business from Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge also a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCA) in Education Studies from the University of Cambridge. A lifelong learner, her other qualifications include a MSEd with a focus in Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment from Walden University, USA; Postgraduate Diploma (PGDE) in Educational Leadership from the University of Leicester and a BSc in Psychology for her first degree.2 Certified as a Management Consultant, also a qualified workplace assessor, she has built up her proficiency in Project management which is a skill she actively practices in her work as an expert consultant in international development, event management and school improvement projects.

Her ethos revolves around the premise that Education is integrated into all aspects of life and business. She actively lives this by connecting education leaders, government stakeholders, parents, entrepreneurs and brand leaders through her events, podcast, consulting, coaching, digital channels and speaking platforms. She has a passion to promote the unique aspects of businesses and has facilitated market entry for several brands into her growing community of thought leaders. She is the CEO of the School Resource Center and Co-Founder of the dynamic global platform, the Annual School Needs Expo (ASNE) integrating interests in education, training, learning management, curriculum development, business brokerage and evaluation across public and private sector institutions. Dividing her time between the UK and Nigeria for the past 4 years, she has successfully managed her team of staff remotely, adding this skill to creating online courses and programs to equip business owners to create better structures and systems too.

She sits on the board of several enterprising organizations including ACE Charity Africa, Bodyline Fitness and an advisor to the panel of ICEOTAS (the Int’l Council Education Other Than At School). She is also the Faculty Director of Africa’s premier behavioral change institution - SOBCA.

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When I look back, I can see a clear thread in my life’s work: I have always been supporting families from diverse backgrounds.

My first ever post-university role as a teaching assistant in a multicultural international school opened my eyes. What began as simple conversations where parents would stay back a little to talk about academics gradually deepened into discussions about behavior concerns, home dynamics, and sometimes even their marriages. I started to notice a pattern; the classroom often reflects the living room. Behind every child’s performance is a family story.

The idea for this book was planted more than 5 years ago. While hosting one of our large-scale annual events, we were observing a group of dynamic youth making a solid presentation and the question on most people’s lips was ‘what school are they in? Which school are they representing?

Everyone was admiring the results of what we these young students had probably practiced extensively over time.

On the flip side, while serving on the Senior Leadership Team at a high school, we were having a conversation with the principal and other team members, referring to some of the prevalent behaviors seen amongst students such as a reduced regard for school attendance, lack of respect for adults and other stuff. Coincidentally, the principal and I chorused at the same time “well, we created this!” and then burst out laughing!

We Created This is a culmination of those years, the experiences, observations, hard reality-checks, practical tools, and solutions I’ve gathered along the way. “If we helped shape the patterns we see today, then we also have the power to shape better ones.”

This book is designed to be a clarion call to parents, a call that rises above the noise, the distractions, and the ever-changing narratives about what it means to raise a child in today’s world. It is a call to awareness, to intentionality, and to courage.

At a time when systems are stretched, values are shifting, and the pressures on families are real and unrelenting, parenting cannot be passive. This book invites parents, caregivers, and all who play a role in raising the next generation to step fully into that responsibility, not with fear, but with clarity and purpose. It is a reminder that parenting is not just about

meeting needs, but about shaping lives. Not just about hard truths that cannot be ignored, and practical insights meant to guide, not overwhelm you. This is not a book of perfection, but of awareness. Not a set of rigid rules, but a framework for thinking, responding, and engaging more intentionally with the children entrusted to us.

This clarion call is not meant to alarm, but to awaken. To remind us that the environments we create, the values we model, and the conversations we choose to have (or avoid) all contribute to the kind of adults our children will become and, ultimately, the kind of society we are building together. Because behind every system are people. Behind every statistic is a child. And behind every child is a family whose influence matters more than we often realize. May this book meet you where you are, but not leave you there. May it challenge you, equip you, and most importantly, remind you of the profound role you play. The call is clear. The time is now.

There are loads of treasure and nuggets embedded in each chapter, dive in and enjoy.

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