- Born on March 4, 1959, in Bo town, in the Republic of Sierra Leone, West Africa;- Preschool at St. Peter's School, Ngalu, Badgwe Chiefdom, Bo District, Sierra Leone; - St. Francis Primary School, Bo town, Sierra Leone;- S.L.C. School, Bauya, Komgbora Chiefdom, Moyamba District;- (1972/1977), St. Michael's Secondary, Moyamba;- (1978), St. Kizito's Junior Seminary, Kenema;- B.A. Philosophy (1979/1983), St. Paul's College Seminary, Gbarnga, Bong County, Liberia;- Assistant to the Director (1984), St. Augustine's Jr. Seminary, Bo, Sierra Leone;- Assistant Teacher (1985/86), St. Joseph's Secondary School, Freetown, Sierra Leone;- Coordinator (1986/1989), "House of Light" (Program for Street… Children) Freetown, Sierra Leone;- Certificate Qualification in Social Work (1989), Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) University of Sierra Leone, & Certificate Training for Trainers on Substance Abuse (ICAA/CIPAT) Lausanne, Switzerland;- M.Sc., Social Policy & Planning and Participation in Developing Countries (1995), London School of Economics (LSE) U.K.;- Member, Amnesty International - Group 215, Pennsylvania, USA;- MCC/ILRC Certificate Training in Immigration Law (2003), Akron, Pennsylvania;- MS in Criminal Justice (2006), Colorado Technical University, (CTU) Sioux Falls Campus, South Dakota.