Clean Earth, Clean Me

Ojarikre, Lydia Ovigueroye is a third-year Integrative Public Policy Development Ph.D. student at Tuskegee University. She has a passion for environmental health and its implications on human health.

Lydia Ojarikre has a Doctor of Optometry degree from Nigeria. She practiced for eight years as a senior Optometrist and later on as a practicing manager of one of the leading privately owned vision health centers in Lagos, Nigeria, before she relocated to the United States to further her studies. As a southern-born Nigerian with high crude oil production, she had firsthand experience of anthropogenic environmental activities such as air and water contamination. The incident stirred her interest in pursuing a master’s degree in public health in Environmental Health Sciences. After graduating in 2018, she worked as the first water resource specialist with the Fort Valley State University Extension, organizing awareness programs through workshops. She also authored many bulletins on water quality and conservation.

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