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10 Things We Like About Rachael Edino

Chef, music-lover and change-maker closing racial gaps in education
Rachael Edino

An exuberant lover of music, food and family, Dr. Rachael Edino, PhD鈥20, is one of four recipients of the inaugural Provost鈥檚 Postdoctoral Awards for Indigenous and Black Scholars. She鈥檚 also an educational researcher in the , currently studying racial gaps in post-secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in Alberta.

If you could do anything for a living, what would it be?聽

I鈥檓 happy I embraced teaching as a profession. If I could do anything else for a living, I would be a chef, cooking African meals like jollof and fried rice, pounded yam, egusi and ogbono soup, beans and yam, bitter leaf soup, etc. I enjoy cooking for my family and friends.

When and where were you happiest in your life?聽

I鈥檝e聽been fortunate to have several instances of this. Let me just speak to one. Travelling with my family on a road trip in 2016 from Calgary to Indianapolis and Columbia,聽Mo.,聽to see family and friends. The first part of the journey,聽with stops,聽took 25 hours! The聽best聽part聽was聽the numerous innocent questions our kids聽asked聽as they sketched and wrote down virtually everything they saw on the聽way. It was an exciting family bonding time. I hope to do it again when all these聽COVID-19 things start resting permanently in the history books.聽

Who or what has had the greatest impact on the person you鈥檝e become?聽

My husband,聽Marcus. He鈥檚聽always asking me:聽鈥淲hat next?鈥澛燗lso, my聽Auntie聽Mabel who, when I was a junior high school student,聽had no money to buy me the latest fashionable things at the time,聽but聽she would find a way to afford聽my school materials,聽no matter the cost.聽聽聽

What do you like most about yourself?聽

Deliberate interest in work-life balance. I like to work hard, and also enjoy life because life is for the living. I don鈥檛 like to over-think things. I don鈥檛 focus on the yesterday of my life; rather, I apply the rear-view mirror philosophy to enable me to enjoy the present without repeating the mistakes of the past, while planning for tomorrow. I believe in the power of reflection and time spent in deep appreciation to God and those that helped me to get to where I am today.

If you could travel anywhere you wanted today, where would you go?聽

Venice, Italy,聽to enjoy聽the view聽from聽the San Giorgio Campanile with my husband while enjoying聽a聽lovely Italia gelato.I鈥檇 also聽like to visit Scotland again聽鈥斅爀specially the city of Glasgow, which was聽the first city I lived, worked,聽and studied in聽in聽the聽global聽north.聽

Describe the most beautiful place you鈥檝e ever been.聽

The natural spring聽waterfalls called聽Omache聽in聽Agojeju-Ejule,聽in聽Kogi State, Nigeria.聽In its flow and splashes, I聽get pleasantly lost in the beautiful wonders of nature.聽

When you鈥檙e restless or unhappy, what do you do to improve your mood?聽

Self-reflect and ask聽myself if the issue deserves to make me restless in the first place. Also, listening to music, either gospel or聽secular.聽

Current guilty pleasure?聽聽

Watching soccer and reality TV shows such as the American and British Got Talent, as well as The Voice and the British series, Paradise.

Who or what in life brings you the most joy?聽聽

My family is the most beautiful and precious gift from God that gives me the most joy,聽as well as opportunity to impact life positively.聽

If a song played whenever you entered a room, what would it be?聽

The聽1976聽highlife song,聽,聽by the Cameroonian and Nigerian singer Prince Nico聽Mbarga聽and his band, Rocafil聽Jazz.聽

聽about聽草莓污视频导航鈥檚聽new Provost鈥檚 Postdoctoral Awards for Indigenous and Black Scholars, including Dr.聽Edino聽and three other recipients from the faculties of Science, Social Work and Arts.聽