So Money episode 1009, Blessing Adeshion, founder of Mother Honestly.

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I remember, you know know taking the SAT and trying to come to the US and a friend of my

dad told my dad and said oh are you going to send a girl to America to go study? What happened to all your sons?

Like that was that was literally you know the kind of conversations that were happening

back then and my my dad looked at dad looked at him and was like no my

daughter is very equally smart and she deserves you know the same opportunities that

that everybody boy or go deserves.

That is our guest at a blessing Adeshion describing her background.

Born and raised in Nigeria facing patriarchal standards,

arriving in the United States, ambitious, eager to learn, eager to achieve.

The blessing went on to earn degrees in chemical engineering, energy management, and

also an MBA.

She is now a mother of three married to her secret weapon husband for

over 10 years and is the founder of an exciting platform for women called

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