Name: Efia Omehia
Country: Ghana
Continent: Africa
Age: YA


It is my pleasure to introduce you to Efia Omehia.



Efia's name means "born on a Friday." She was, in fact, born on a Friday, 22 years ago. Although she is the younger of her parents' two children, she is rather taller than her brother, or even her parents themselves. Her height, and her smile, easily secured her a job as a model for a European clothing line. Her lovely figure, plastered all over storefront windows, has persuaded more than one woman to buy African haute couture--which is an awful lot like international haute couture, just rather more colorful!

Although she enjoys modeling and all of the attention and privilege that the position brings, Efia looks forward to the day that she will return to Ghana and begin her dream job--as a secondary school teacher.



In her home country, next to health care, schooling is a need that for so many children, goes unmet due to lack of available teachers. Efia's parents insisted on their children going to class daily and excelling at their work. While this preparation helped Efia and her brother Amuz get through college with ease, it also made Efia incredibly aware that she was very fortunate to have parents who wanted her to learn.

For now, she's still a model. But she longs for the day that she will have enough money to finish her master's degree, and be able to go home and help educate the next generation of future doctors and teachers.