9: There's no limitation to you because you are a woman, go out be all that you can be || Mary OGUNDIMU
Mary Ogundimu is a phenomenal young woman who has distinguished herself in her sphere of influence. She bares it all in this no-holds-barred interview session unveiling deep insights, disruptive mind-shifting ideas capable of transforming teenagers, youths, and even adults.
Mary Ogundimu, is a multiple award-winning speaker, trainer, and coach who specializes in using storytelling and deep content to reconstruct and correct everyday narratives and life experiences. She is a self-conscientious motivated lady passionate about women's development and enhancement.
She is the founder of the MultiWoman Network, a youth-led organisation that empowers women and the girl child with basic skillsets for maximizing their potentials and becoming global citizens. Every year, she convenes the MultiWoman Conference, a signature event that brings women from all works of life to tell their stories, share and proffer solutions to issues of economic empowerment and grassroots development for women. She is a member of the Global Social- Economic and Financial Evolution Network. In August 2020, Mary was re-appointed as the President of the Young African Women Congress, Nigerian Chapter after serving faithfully in the last two years.
In the same year, she became a Google Womenwill Co-Lead for Yaba, Lagos. In the last 6 years, Mary worked as a customer service personnel and data analyst respectively in Access Bank plc and later went on to switch career paths to first being an Interior designer, and later a Google certified Digital Consultant. Noteworthy to also mention that Mary is a premium event host, who brings her expertise in people management, interpersonal relationship,s, and humour to create unforgettable memories for her clients. Mary started her career as an On-Air- Personality in Unilag FM, presenting on a radio magazine show called Onstage and also co-hosting the weekly series of interviews on The Ambassadors Radio Show with outstanding entrepreneurs, using their stories to inspire over 5000 youths in Lagos.
She is an Alumni of the SMILE social Innovators program, an Alumni of the Nirmala Chellarams Accelerator Program, a YALI fellow, and Alumni, where she served as the Events and Networking Chair for YALI RLC Alumni, Nigeria, 2020/2021. Mary currently serves as the programs manager for OAR & D ( a research and development firm, helping to build a productive and prosperous Africa and Project Manager at Otaso, a Digital Agency in Covenant University.
She has been featured in several media houses including TVC Africa, Superscreen TV, Star FM, and Unilag FM, among others. She is the author of “Suffering and Smiling (A Tale of a Lagos Bank Worker)”. Other books written by her: She is the author of STRETCH, (a book on self-development), The Clarity Handbook, and Productivity Extra.
Her Legacy is... To build a community where every woman matters.
I long for a time when in history, there is nothing such as a “fight” for gender equality because everyone will understand that both males and females have the potentials and capacities to be everything and anything.
A time when there is nothing such as gender violence because everyone understands what it means to respect the other and treat the other as human, not necessarily as male or female.
A time when everyone is free to become and we look forward to each other’s success because we understand that in life’s race, there is no competition, everyone has their space and should be in charge of that.
A time when we can truly look into each other’s face and say, you are indeed my bother and sister. Where the only cord that binds us is love.
You can connect with her through any of the following channels: www.maryogundimu.com FB: https:facebook.com//maryogundimu Instagram: @maryogundimu Twitter: @maryogundimu ogundimumary1993@gmail.com
