Linda Adeyinka Oladunni - Born and Raised in Lagos, Nigeria

Linda Oladunni was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, the country’s largest city. In 1989 she immigrated to London, where she developed several months of experience in working in a large office context. She moved from London to Hyattsville, Maryland, where she ran a daycare center after working at a local gas station. She never stopped trying to educate herself and move up. Oladunni took business classes at John Jay University in New York City. She later met Dr. Joseph Oladunni. The couple moved to Rio Grand Valley, Texas, where they raised three children and Oladunni opened her own gas station business. 

                                                      

Nigeria has a long and rich history full of many different kingdoms and tribal states that have lived in the country over thousands of years. Its modern government is set up as a federal constitutional republic and a democratic secular state. Linda Oladunni was born in the country’s largest city, Lagos. Abuja is Nigeria’s capital. After decades of British colonial rule beginning in the 19th century, Nigeria officially declared its independence in 1960. The original government was weak and the country plunged into civil war from 1967 to 1970. Ever since then, the country has alternated between various democratically-elected civilian governments and autocratic military regimes. Linda Oladunni was extremely proud of her country when it achieved a stable democracy in 1999 and holding its first fair and free presidential elections in 2011. 

Linda Oladunni never forgot her home country and her past, but she never stopped looking to the future, either.

Linda Adeyinka Oladunni - Three Ways to Help your Community with a Business Degree

Linda Oladunni has been helping her community for the past 25 years. After moving there with her husband and living there for nine years, Oladunni started her own business in the community. Her gas station is known as one of the fastest, friendliest, and most convenient in the area. She couldn’t have started her own business and reached this level if she didn’t learn from her business management classes at Texas State Technical College and University at Texas in Brownsville. Here are three ways you can use your business education to help your community:
                                    

• Set up a charity. In earning her degree in Business Management, Linda Oladunni has all of the tools she needs to run her own business. You can use those same skills to operate a non-profit or charity of some kind to help your community. Choose a specific cause that matters to you and get to work.

• Provide essential services. The best businesses for the community are those that serve it with unflinching loyalty. Linda Oladunni didn’t want to run a huge corporation, but she still wanted to make money while helping her community by providing it with fuel. Keep your business local and hire from your community to maximize your company’s usefulness for your neighbors.

• Volunteer. Plenty of small businesses and nonprofits in your community could use your business skills to help themselves and help the community as a whole. Volunteer your skills to causes that need your support. 

Linda Oladunni works within her community to help as many people as possible.