The first step in leadership is overcoming the challenges on your own path, and this is why Tolulope Quadrihas been able to become a leader in the many environments that she has been a part of over the years.
Her passion for helping others flourished at the age of ten through volunteer efforts and active participation within the community, which continued while attending high school at Mother Theresa Secondary School in Malvern.
During this period, Tolu committed her time to volunteering at the Malvern Public library and Recreation Centre as a tutor for a children’s after school homework club and a Leading to Reading program. She had also started to write and perform spoken word poetry focused on uplifting those around her.
In 2002, Tolu and her twin sister were selected as part of a group of ten students chosen by the principal of Mother Teresa high school to attend the Harry Jerome Awards Ceremony; a ceremony honoring leadership in the black community. In Tolu’s final year of high school, 2002-2003, it was a year of the escalating violence in Toronto; as a response, she co-founded a singing and spoken word trio with her twin sister and friend. In addition to this group, she had poems and essays published that encouraged positive attitudes and thinking.
Tolu graduated from Mother Teresa Secondary School with honors in June 2003, receiving an Ontario Scholar Medal for Academic Excellence and for maintaining honor roll standing all throughout her four years of high school.
Following high school graduation, Tolu completed a year of studies at York University before enrolling into a collaborative program between Ryerson and George Brown, studying Early Childhood Education (ECE).
Tolu was later selected as one of twelve students to participate in the Jamaica Project-an international educational outreach project with the centre of Early Childhood Development at George Brown College which did fundraisers for children in Jamaica and led to Tolu actually going to the country to teach.
She currently works with One80 Youth Newspaper, as the Youth Advice Columnist
Tolu’s educational goals are to complete a Masters in Education and a Masters in Social Work. She firmly believes that her future aspirations will reflect a combination of her interests and she will create a non-profit Christian organization that will serve all levels of society.
Her passion for helping others flourished at the age of ten through volunteer efforts and active participation within the community, which continued while attending high school at Mother Theresa Secondary School in Malvern.
During this period, Tolu committed her time to volunteering at the Malvern Public library and Recreation Centre as a tutor for a children’s after school homework club and a Leading to Reading program. She had also started to write and perform spoken word poetry focused on uplifting those around her.
In 2002, Tolu and her twin sister were selected as part of a group of ten students chosen by the principal of Mother Teresa high school to attend the Harry Jerome Awards Ceremony; a ceremony honoring leadership in the black community. In Tolu’s final year of high school, 2002-2003, it was a year of the escalating violence in Toronto; as a response, she co-founded a singing and spoken word trio with her twin sister and friend. In addition to this group, she had poems and essays published that encouraged positive attitudes and thinking.
Tolu graduated from Mother Teresa Secondary School with honors in June 2003, receiving an Ontario Scholar Medal for Academic Excellence and for maintaining honor roll standing all throughout her four years of high school.
Following high school graduation, Tolu completed a year of studies at York University before enrolling into a collaborative program between Ryerson and George Brown, studying Early Childhood Education (ECE).
Tolu was later selected as one of twelve students to participate in the Jamaica Project-an international educational outreach project with the centre of Early Childhood Development at George Brown College which did fundraisers for children in Jamaica and led to Tolu actually going to the country to teach.
She currently works with One80 Youth Newspaper, as the Youth Advice Columnist
Tolu’s educational goals are to complete a Masters in Education and a Masters in Social Work. She firmly believes that her future aspirations will reflect a combination of her interests and she will create a non-profit Christian organization that will serve all levels of society.
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