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Zainab Adewunmi Aderinwale: Rewriting the Narrative with Faith and Resolve

Founder, Eartco Counseling and Consulting Limited📍 Nigeria | LinkedIn

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Zainab Aderinwale is proof that a difficult beginning doesn't define your future. While living with her grandmother, she woke at 4 a.m. each day to clean her shop, collect bread and eko, and head to school. She often arrived late, tired, and hungry—and most nights, she didn’t sleep until after midnight. By Basic 6, she still couldn’t read properly, and people urged her parents to withdraw her from school and send her to “go learn work.” But something in her spirit refused to accept that story. “I chose self-development over shame,” she says. “I began asking myself, ‘Why are some people learning?’ And that question became the turning point in my life.”

Today, Zainab holds a degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, earned at 23, and a master’s from Tufts University, completed at 26 on a full scholarship. She is now preparing for doctoral studies at Harvard. Through Eartco Counseling and Consulting, she helps others believe in their ability to rise, lead, and live with purpose. “I wasn’t expected to succeed. But I rewrote the story—and now I help others believe they can rewrite theirs too.”

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