# Adaku Agwunobi - Platform Statement **URL:** \ **Category:** Catalyst Circle Platform Statements\ **Tags:** catalyst-circle\ **Created:** [19 October 2022 00:46 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/adaku-agwunobi-platform-statement/109229 "2022-10-19T00:46:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EJChessher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/ejchessher/32/24137_2.png) [@EJChessher](https://forum.cardano.org/u/EJChessher)\ **Post date:** [19 October 2022 00:46 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/adaku-agwunobi-platform-statement/109229/1 "2022-10-19T00:46:05Z")
**Do you have, at least 6 months, or more experience in Project Catalyst?** Yes **Describe the Community Roles in which you have participated at Project Catalyst (e.g. Voter, Proposer, PA, vPA, Challenge Team, etc.)** Voter, Proposer, PA **What key ideas or issues would you like to champion as a representative at the Catalyst Circle?** 1. Proposal Assessors and (2) Funded Proposals I am particularly interested in the opportunity that Cardano provides to society via Proposal Assessment especially within the African continent. I love how the process also encourages blockchain education too and I think it’s really cool how it’s so similar to VC due diligence. The practice of proposal asssessment in itself is quite entrepreneurial and I believe it adds value to both the proposer and assessor. There are definitely some areas for improvements through proposal assessment that can help to shape Project Catalyst as a whole. The foundation of Cardano is very much associated with top academic rigour. My name is Dr Adaku Jennifer Agwunobi, I have 4 degrees and was the first Black doctoral researcher to obtain a PhD at my previous campus (Loughborough University London) and I passed my PhD viva in a record breaking 2 years and 10 months. My PhD thesis entitled “Entrepreneurial health and wellbeing in the digital economy: an intersectional critical realist investigation” primarily focused on the well-being of Black female tech entrepreneurs and I also interviewed many entrepreneurs from Nigeria. I have two Master’s degree’s, the most recent being MSc Health Economics and the first being MSc Marketing. Also, my first degree was BSc (Hons) Economics! I also did a Postdoc in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford where I worked on on orthopaedic clinical tooling. One of the running themes of everything I did is the well-being of society and I truly believe Project Catalyst and the Cardano ecosystem has strengths that contribute to this in a number of ways. I have a huge entrepreneurial and creative spirit alongside my strong research background. Skills that are important for Catalyst Circle. To that end, I have the ability to bring value to Cardano in a number of ways, including sharing various community perspectives. I have been involved in the ecosystem for over a year and have particularly been strongly engaged through being a key team member of the Oxford University Cardano Student Hub. The pursuit of exploring innovative approaches and unique ideas comes naturally to me and I have a solid understanding of its foundations and objectives. I have been impressed with the efforts in the African continent especially, as mentioned. To that end, I have had endless experience in coordinating groups and representing them via societies (led and been active members) especially and beyond in practice. I am very analytical and can suggest improvements on plans and processes that shape Project Catalyst. I will represent the interests of the communities that I come from and will provide my community’s perspective rather than a personal opinion. **How do you intend to measure your engagement?** Here some examples and suggestions for effective reporting > I will measure engagement via effective reporting in a number of ways: Firstly, I will use the template in the catalyst circle reporting repo. - Maintain an agile backlog list to track issues between meetings - Hold a transparent meeting every two weeks. - Speak to many existing and potential PA’s regarding their views on ways to improve the process. Here is where my strong research skills will really come in handy. - I will attempt to integrate use of multimedia such as video and audio where possible to ease the process for all parties. **Is there anything else you would like voters to know as to why you would be a good fit for this seat on the Circle?** Random fact: my name is Ada-ku 😊 I am a people person and always have lots of ideas so being a part of Catalyst Circle would enable me to execute some of these ideas for the ecosystem. Very importantly, I’m a really good listener and always take the time to really consider different thoughts and ideas in a way best for the community. Additionally, I am very creative - I sing, I write and so much more. Through my creativity, I have a unique ability to deliver information in a digestible way which helps to break down barriers to entry and thus enables more groups to get involved!