7 important things you should know about Opeyemi Sowore

Meet Opeyemi Sowore, the principled wife of African Action Congress presidential candidate and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore.

• Born November 10, Opeyemi Sowore resides in New Jersey, United States, with her husband and two kids.
• She has been married for close to 18 years. Opeyemi and her husband Omoyele Sowore tied the knot on September 11, 2004.
• Opeyemi bagged a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Binghamton University in 1995. Opeyemi also made the Dean’s List as
  Assistant Financial VP, was the Student Association Treasurer, and was a member of the African Students Organization.
• In 1997, she completed her MBA and bagged another degree from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester.
• She is the Vice President, Head of Consumer Engagement at Teladoc Health. She also served at American Express for 12 years, Citigroup, and Delta Air Lines.
• Opeyemi led several protests and discourses advocating for her husband’s release after his rearrest by the Department of State Services. He was picked up on December 6, 2019, on charges of threat to National Security including treasonable felony, cyberstalking, and money laundering.
• In October 2021, Opeyemi became a board member of Stride, a tech company based in the United States.