Hi! My name is Jessica, Jessica Adongo. I am an 18-year-old,soft-spoken and collected young girl. Hailing from Ghanaian roots, I come from Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana, where the townspeople are hospitable and hardworking. However, I was born on a hot Friday afternoon in Cape Coast, the capital of the Central region and one of the coast cities of Ghana.
My educational voyage began at Greater Tomorrow preschool in Accra. I kindergartened at Prisma International School, Kumasi and had my primary school and junior high school education at Great Victory Academy, Bolgatanga. It was there in Great Victory Academy that I was handed my first mantle of leadership. As Senior Girls' prefect both in primary school and junior high school, I was able to experience for the first time, what it meant to be a student leader. From Great Victory Academy, I gained admission into my dream senior high school, Wesley Girls' High School. I ventured into the esteemed walls of WGHS with hopes of discovering who I was as a person, making new friends and achieving more academic feats. I joined the Regimental band, following a passion for band music that was birthed in me in junior high school when my school set up a brass band, and I was delighted to be among the first few members of the band. I also joined the dispensary committee of the school and consequently became one of the Assistant Dispensary prefects. Being a prefect in senior high school was entirely different from being a prefect in junior high school. I had a lot more responsibilities and students looked up to me to always do the right thing and to be an example. I learnt many values which included time management, integrity,sacrifice, the importance of hard work and the essence of teamwork. Wesley Girls High School is a Christian Methodist school that upholds and espouses Christian values and principles. There I met people who shared the faith, and my Christianity was invigorated. And there,I made the decision to be a true Follower of Christ, and not just call myself a Christian because my family goes to church. Therefore, I am very honored to have been given the opportunity to school at such a prestigious school.
Early this year, I embarked on a 6-year journey at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to become an amicus humani generis,a friend of the human race. Currently pursuing a doctor of pharmacy programme,I hope to one day graduate as a Pharm Dr. and to be the best in my field as I can be.
Currently, I reside in Tamale in the northern region of Ghana, a city bustling with activity and liveliness, a city that is dubbed the fastest growing city in West Africa.
When I am not writing lab reports or cramming lecture slides into my head, I love to bury my nose in a novel, preferably a contemporary romance one, and plunge myself into a beautiful fantasy I would rather be living in than in this harsh world. I also enjoy filling my head with notes and lyrics of melodious tunes, as I am an ardent lover of music. Just as they say, music truly is food to my soul. Art is also something I am very passionate about. I do know how to sketch, but I wouldn't consider myself a Van Gogh or a Da Vinci. However, if I were to judge myself, I think I am pretty good at sketching, and I am proud of the few artworks I have produced. My fervour for reading instigated my interest in writing when I was introduced to this app called Wattpad, where users write books and publish them and read others' published books. After reading a few stories, I decided to try my hands on writing, and by the grace of God and with the support of my friends, I can boast of two published books on Wattpad and one ongoing. I am a selenophile:I love the moon, especially on nights when it is full. I love rain, the smell of new books and beautiful skies. I will forever be the girl who gets excited when the sky is strewn with pretty colours.
I have always held profound admiration for people who have the gift of weaving words into beautiful pieces with deep meanings, and so when I discovered Hive, I found an opportunity to polish my writing and also become one of the people adept at creative writing. Even though I'm still figuring out how this works, I'm pretty sure I will get the hang of it eventually. I am so thrilled to be part of this blockchain, and I am even more excited to learn and to write!