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Firecracker Toyeen

Oluwatoyin Alawode is a believer - it’s the essence of who she is. She writes insightful, thought-provoking, educative, and entertaining pieces under the moniker Firecracker Toyeen. she runs a blog www.firecracker-toyeen.com and she is also a freelance writer at medium.com. She has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics from UNILAG and a master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has gone through a lot of career transitions from a Transmission Engineer to an Information security consultant, a Software Test Engineer, back to an Information security consultant and she now writes full-time. She is a technology lover and she's working on a project that merges her love for writing and technology. She's an advocate of mental health having recovered from a 2-year depression, and a health and fitness enthusiast on a journey to a 62 kg weight goal. She writes about everything she loves, values, and enjoys including; her faith, story-telling, mental health, health and fitness, her loved ones, technology, fashion, worship music, etc. She can be reached at [email protected]

Stories ByFirecracker Toyeen

Features 4 years ago

Firecracker Toyeen: A Brief History Into My Journey to the Amrica

This story is quite long as I plan to start from the very beginning. For that reason, I’ll be breaking it into several parts. Here goes the...
Features 4 years ago

Firecracker Toyeen: What You Should Do When Your Child Strays

When I was in California, the CEO of Intel Corporations came to speak at my church. His sermon was so good that I sent it to...
Features 4 years ago

Firecracker Toyeen: Helping Your Loved Ones Who Are Suicidal

If you know good mental health practitioners, recommend them and support them financially. If you sense a loved one withdrawing from everyone, try to reach out...
Features 5 years ago

Firecracker Toyeen: Seemingly Inconsequential Actions Have Long Term Consequences

We cannot always accurately predict the consequences of our wrong actions while we take them. Often times, it's only after we've done them that we are...

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