10/10/2026
Today is World Mental Health Day!
I’m honoured to be part of the **first Mental Health Summit in Nigeria**, convened by Oluyinka Oyeniji and organized by the African Research Enterprise and Innovation (A.R.E.) & LAUTECH Neuroscience Group .
For this summit, I’ll be presenting on:
**Beyond Survival: Nigerian Immigrant Mental Health — Considering Lived Experiences, Identity and the Brain.**
As a Nigerian immigrant in Canada, a Registered Clinical Social Worker, and the founder of Twin Ocean, this topic brings together my lived experience, clinical practice, and growing research interests in immigrant mental health.
We often celebrate immigrants for their resilience, ambition, and ability to build new lives. But what happens when survival becomes a way of life? What happens when the demands of migration, identity negotiation, belonging, and adaptation begin to affect our mental health?
In this presentation, I’ll explore the Nigerian immigrant experience through the intersections of lived experience, identity, culture, and the brain, and invite us to think beyond simply coping with the demands of migration.
**What if the question isn’t just how immigrants survive, but what it takes for them to truly thrive?**
I’m looking forward to contributing to conversations that bring together mental health practitioners, neuroscientists, researchers, and community voices to deepen our understanding of mental health.
Thank you to Oluyinka Oyeniji, the A.R.E. and LAUTECH Neuroscience Group for creating space for these important conversations.
