Bisi Akin-Alabi

[1][2][3] Bisi was born in Igbo-Ora, Oyo State to a Nigerian father who was a paramedic and a Beninese mother from Porto-Novo.

[4] She also holds Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the Roehampton Institute, University of Surrey and a Ph.D in child development and humanities from London Graduate School.

[5] Bisi was a science and  mathematics teacher in mainstream schools in the United Kingdom for more than two decades.

She served as a special adviser to Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the former governor of Oyo state, Nigeria.

The program led to the adoption of Ibadan as United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) learning city.