18 year-old education advocate, Zuriel Oduwole shares her remarkable journey with over 600 US Educators.

Weeks before WHO declared globally a health pandemic which has all but shut down most schools across the US and the world at large, teen girl education advocate Zuriel Oduwole shared her remarkable journey with over 600 US Educators.
Zuriel Oduwole, a Nigerian, came to limelight after becoming the youngest person ever to be interviewed by Forbes at age 10. She also, became world’s youngest filmmaker to have a self-produced work screened commercially at age 12.
At an annual conference where educators gathered to explore creative and [beyond best practice] ways of keeping students engaged and excited about their curriculum, Zuriel was asked by many educators amongst other things, how she was able to self motivate to accomplish what she has, when many teens were still focused on finding friends, getting caught up on social media fashion and dance trends, or debating and grading the latest entertainment craze.
 
Her answers were simple, childlike, precise, beyond ordinary at times, but most importantly, originally hers. She has now spoken to more than 47,350 youths in 18 countries about the power of an education, and sat down with over 30 world leaders [Presidents and Prime Ministers], to share her simple ideas of dealing with the social challenges of out of school children.
A self taught armature film maker, she began a basic ‘film making 101 class’ for unemployed and out of school  women in Namibia in 2016 sponsored by Hilton Hotel and Air Namibia, aged 13. The success of that pilot led to her delivery of similar sponsored projects in Mexico, Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria and Ethiopia.
 
She believes education is more than just theoretical subjects in a formal school setting and speaks about the need to consider the vocational tendencies of older students, who have aged out of traditional school, by giving them the opportunity to learn commercially viable skills in todays digital economy.

MEET ZURIEL ODUWOLE, THE 10 YEAR OLD NIGERIAN WHO JUST MADE FORBES HISTORY

She's such a remarkable young girl. At age 10, Zuriel Elise Oduwole's boldness is unbelievable. Known for interviewing renowned leaders and severally applauded for dishing out intelligent interview questions, the Whiz kid recently etched her name in history book as she became the youngest person ever to be interviewed in Forbes.

The Nigerian-American has interviewed Presidents of Tanzania, Mauritius, Malawi; ex-presidents Jerry John Rawlings, John Kufuor of Ghana; top-flight businessman, Aliko Dangote, to mention a few.

It was her turn to be interviewed and so she got featured in the August 2013 edition of Forbes Africa. Zurich however hopes to interview President Goodluck Jonathan when he’s less busy.

Source: Information Nigeria

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