Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, PhD

Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, PhD is a global human rights and disability justice consultant, advocate,
author, educator, and parent in a neurodiverse, multicultural, twice-exceptional serodifferent
biological and adoptive family. A prolific writer and social scientist/activist with both lived and
learned expertise whose work focuses on participatory research, meaningful community
involvement, intersectionality, and accessibility, Morénike, a recognized leader and content
expert in various collaborative endeavors, serves as founder/principal operator of Advocacy
Without Borders, a nonprofit initiative offering lectures, advocacy, research, and related projects
as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion training.

Morénike, who is based in the US, maintains membership within several executive boards and is
a highly sought after keynote lecturer and public speaker who has presented at the White
House, the United Nations, and numerous peer-reviewed international conferences. Notable
publications of Morénike's include over a dozen monograph chapter contributions, digital
scholarship, peer-reviewed articles and editorial work.