Onyinye Udokporo grew up in London and she was eleven years old when she was diagnosed with dyslexia. Showing signs of her future career as an award-winning entrepreneur, tutor and dyslexia advocate, she set up a tutoring business and gained a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school. She then went on to complete two degrees by the age of 22 and was named as one of the top 10 Black Students in the UK by a company sponsored by the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. She promotes the importance of diverse role models for anyone with dyslexia, regardless of ‘colour, creed and circumstance’.
In this book, which has been created using dyslexia friendly text and layout, she aims to highlight that dyslexia is something to be embraced, not to be seen as a ‘burden’. She aims to share how to uncover each person’s unique set of gifts and set up an online company : Enrich Learning, which serves a wide range of people around the world. She also explores some aspects of how her parents, as immigrants from Nigeria, worked extremely hard to provide her with additional academic tuition and enriching activities and how the ways in which her parents challenged cultural traditions impacted on her upbringing and aspirations.
This book deserves to be read by a wide audience. It is inspirational for many reasons, and also includes tips and strategies to support students and enrich their learning.
Author: O. Udokporo
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 978-1-78775-944-2
£12.99
Author: Mary Mountstephen
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