Wendy Osefo Bio, Wiki
Wendy Osefo is a Nigerian-American political commentator, public affairs academic, and television personality. She is best known for appearing on The Real Housewives of Potomac. The Real Housewives of Potomac season 8 premiered on November 5, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo TV.
Wendy Osefo Age
Osefo is 39 years as of 2023, she was born on 21 May 1984 in Nigeria.
Wendy Osefo Height
Osefo stands at the height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Wendy Osefo Education
Osefo graduated with a bachelor’s in political science from Temple University and a master’s in government from Johns Hopkins University. She also earned a master’s in public affairs from Rutgers University.
Wendy Osefo Career
Osefo is a part of the cast for The Real Housewives of Potomac (RHOP). It is an American reality television series, the first season premiered on January 17, 2016, on Bravo. The show has aired seven seasons and focuses on the personal and professional lives of women living in and around Potomac, Maryland. The eighth season premiered on November 5, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo TV. The other stars of The Real Housewives of Potomac season 8 are;
- Gizelle Bryant
- Ashley Darby
- Robyn Dixon
- Karen Huger
- Charrisse Jackson-Jordan
- Katie Rost
- Monique Samuels
- Candiace Dillard Bassett
- Mia Thornton
- Nneka Ihim
Wendy Osefo Politics and Social Justice
She began her career journey at The Fund for American Studies and interned at The International Center for Terrorism Studies. While there, Wendy obtained broad national policy practice that drove her to author her master’s thesis at Johns Hopkins University. Additionally, she is a contributor to the Hill. Osefo has been interviewed by and provided commentary for CNN, MSNBC The Steve Harvey Show, Fox News, ABC, and Fox Bussiness.
Moreover, she is also the founder and chief executive officer of 1954 Equity and an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins School of Education. She served as the Inaugural director of the master’s of arts in management program at Goucher College in 2014. Additionally, Wendy is also a board member for the late Congressman Elijah Cummings’s Youth to Israel program, the Children’s Scholarship Fund Baltimore, and The Education Foundation of Baltimore County Schools.
Wendy Osefo Political Analyst
Osefo proceeded on to become a policy analyst at The office of the Attorney General. She also served as the Director of family and community Engagement for the Obama Administration’s Antipoverty Initiative as well as the signature program for the White House Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, DC Promise Neighborhood. While there, she designed and implemented culturally competent parent-centered engagement plans and successfully designed and started the first complete adult learning academy within an underserved neighborhood in Washington D.C.
Wendy Osefo Equity Project
In 1954, she founded the Equity Project. She also heads the project as its CEO and develops and implements the strategic vision of the organization. The Equity projects provide students with navigational capital to not just survive academia, but to thrive in academia as their original selves. Through the use of the Osefu Equity Framework, the 1954 Equity project developed a community with Underrepresented minority students in the universities to form a platform for students. To share their life experiences, and work collaboratively with school officials to co-create equitable solutions to address issues of inequality.
Wendy Osefo Net Worth
In Osefo’s career as a political commentator, public affairs academic, and television personality, she has been able to accumulate a net worth ranging between $1 Million and $3 Million.
Wendy Osefo Parents and Siblings
Osefo was born to Nigerian parents who are from the Southeastern part of Nigeria which is mostly occupied by the Igbo people. She moved to the United States with her family when she was only three years old. Before moving to Durham, North Carolina, where they now live, the family lived in Durham, North Carolina. However, she has managed to keep information regarding her parents and or whether or not she has any siblings away from the limelight. An update of her family information will be done when available.
Wendy Osefo Husband/ Spouse
Osefo is married to Edward Osefo a Nigerian attorney, they tied the knot in 2011. The couple had dated for quite a long time, they had met in their teenage years but they began dating after their college graduation.
Wendy Osefo Kids
Osefo and her husband are blessed with three kids namely; Karter who is seven years, Kruz who is five years and a daughter named Kamryn Kapri.
Wendy Osefo Awards
In 2017, Osefo was named one of 12 Pan African Women to Watch by Face2Face Africa. She also received the Distinguished Recent Alumni Award from Johns Hopkins University. Wendy is also the recipient of the Diversity Recognition Award. In the same year 2017, she was named in the 40 under 40 class by the Baltimore Business Journal. The Baltimore Sun named Osefo as one of the 25 women to watch. In 2018 she was named as one of the black women in media honorees for her work in media and television.
Wendy Osefo Plastic Surgery
Osefo In season 6 episode 22 of The Real Housewives of Potomac, she revealed that she underwent a breast augmentation Brazilian But lift, and the professor’s cosmetic surgery.
Wendy Osefo Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
She is vocal on her social media accounts where she posts frequently. On her Twitter account, she has about 126k followers, around 113k followers on her Facebook page, and about 644k followers on her Instagram account.