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Chiamaka Uwagerikpe lives life as an adventure. She is guided by curiosity and community, and the journey has been great so far. Her parents are Nigerian immigrants and would always tell stories about life “back home.” Because of this, Chiamaka embraces diverse perspectives and looks to build robust communities.

This enthrallment with the world around her has taken her to many places and privy to great company. One of the most transformative communities she has been a part of is the global nonprofit Gurls Talk, for which she served as an ambassador. Through this organization, Chiamaka helped plan social media campaigns and lead strategy calls with her team, augmenting the skills she learned in her marketing and advertising classes. More importantly, however, Chiamaka learned how to build camaraderie with individuals from all walks of life and how to show up authentically. The Gurls Talk community taught her how to be a better supporter and advocate for others to make real change. Chiamaka also learned how to ride a mechanical bull with the encouragement of her Gurls, but that is 's a story for another time.

In her free time, Chiamaka enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, making Spotify playlists, recording episodes of her podcast, being active, and traveling. Her Chiamaka Uwagerikpe's dream job is to get paid to have interesting conversations. Currently that aspiration is to realized through work in social marketing or community strategy where she can help create empowered and resilient collectives. She hopes to create impact on a international scale with plans of moving abroad, even for a little while. Chiamaka Uwagerikpe is excited to stay curious and eager to learn how to operationalize as a University Innovation Fellow Candidate. She is excited to she where her adventure will take her next.