My name is Ayomide Gideon Abiona and I was born on the 7th of June, 1987 in Osogbo, Osun state,

Nigeria.

My parents are Williams Olasehinde Abiona (Deceased) and Modupeola Oyinlola Abiona (alive).

My father died at the age of 76 in 2020 after long illness of Diabetes, which was also the likely result
from a lifetime of much glucose intake. Fortunately, I have been smart enough to avoid that bad habit.
My early childhood was a typical middle class environment in a semi-rural area in South-west Nigeria.
My dad worked as a civil servant for Osun state government as a community social worker and my mom
was a primary school teacher. I had a happy, normal childhood as the first male child. I lived with my
parents until I was 20 and I gained admission to the university. During my early times at the university, I
had begun to hang around with friends that got me into a lot of trouble with a number of things
including missing classes and drinking. I was rapidly heading down a negative path, but was fortunate
enough to notice it before I had done any serious damage. Information got to my dad and he gave a
closer watch on me. With the fresh start I was able to finish school without further incident, graduating
from Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-fe in 2011. Even with my questionable behavior earlier in my life I
had always wanted to become a social worker like my Dad, which I could not do until I was 30 years of
age. So, to kill time and stay out of trouble I joined a Non Governmental Organization in my town. This
gave me a new dimension of experience and I learned a lot during my years as a volunteer, particularly
while I was assigned to work with People Living with HIV/AIDS. I did this for some time
and eventually became a program officer where I gained skills in rapport-building when individuals are in
heightened states, diligence in observation, note-taking and record keeping for all client interactions
and maintaining ethical principles in case management.

With my experience in child advocacy and in-clinic support works, I am seeking an opportunity to share
my passions and to continue to grow my family mediation, child advocacy, de-escalation and cognitive
behavioral therapy skills.

Permit me to close out this autobiography with the most important thing in my life, my family. I am
married to my best friend, Adeola Theresa. We knew each other and were just close friends for the first
year but we became a couple three years ago and have been married for three years. Our union is
blessed with a wonderful daughter Sophia.