Nigeria Revisited: My Life and Loves Abroad Tapa blanda - 2014

Catherine Onyemelukwe grew up in Midwestern United States, where she gained an international perspective from her German immigrant father and a sense of compassion from her American mother. After graduating high school, she joined the newly formed Peace Corps, which assigned her to teach German at the Nigerian capital's Federal Emergency Science School and English and African history at a rural village's secondary school. This began a lifelong relationship and deep connection with the country, its culture, and its people.

Among her many advocacies, Catherine is cofounder of Nigerwives, an organization of foreign wives of Nigerians; a former member of the National Association of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers; and a founding member of Friends of Nigeria.

She holds a bachelor's degree from Mount Holyoke College, a master's degree in elementary education from California State University Sacramento, and an MBA in public and private management from the Yale School of Management.