Stories That Connect Us

Ep10 - Victoria Ayodeji - Against the odds - From Inner City London to Cambridge Graduate, Public Speaker & Mentor

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For episode 10, we're in conversation with Victoria Ayodeji. Victoria is a Cambridge Graduate, Public Speaker, Mentor, and advocate. She is a winner of multiple awards. Passionate about enacting social change through access to education, Victoria uses her personal experiences to support people from diverse backgrounds to overcome barriers to education and employment, providing them with access to opportunities to reach their full potential. This episode is for those with big dreams who want to succeed by pushing those barriers out of the way.

Topics covered during the episode:

  1. tackling social mobility so students from underserved & underrepresented backgrounds can still succeed
  2. utilising social media for good
  3. how to successfully navigate the school, higher education and early career 
  4. seeing failure as feedback
  5. Victoria leaves us with several words of wisdom - always back yourself, ask for help and communicate your goals to the right people

    6. Here's a list of some of the resources that Victoria mentions in this episode: https://www.jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk/, https://www.suttontrust.com/

    https://upreach.org.uk/, https://targetoxbridge.co.uk/, https://www.seo-london.org/, https://careerready.org.uk/, https://www.socialmobility.org.uk/

    https://www.etrust.org.uk/insight-into-university

    Connect with Victoria:  LinkedIn: Victoria Ayodeji https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-ayodeji/    TikTok & Instagram: navigatewithvictoria

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