Queen Esther Anakor

Activist, Blogger, Business leader, Christian, Concerned citizen, Educator/Teacher, Foodie, Idea generator, Social entrepreneur, Startup, Writer/Editor

This is Queen Esther Anakor - reporting for duty! I am deeply passionate about education, accessibility, and transformative storytelling - bridging the gap between knowledge and action to create real impact in the lives of people. My work spans multiple disciplines, from leadership and innovation to creative communication and technical problem-solving. I thrive at the intersection of education, technology, storytelling and advocacy, using my voice to challenge outdated systems and push for meaningful change in the lives of individuals and by extension, the society at large.

Helping people become the best version of themselves through education, learning differences advocacy, writing, storytelling, art and technology.

A lot of great ideas never leave the group chat. They are endlessly discussed among people with little to no execution. There's actually a significant gap between those who just have ideas and those who actually go ahead to make them a reality. In the end, we have so many reasons for abandoning these ideas, the most popular ones being procrastination, doubt, fear, among others. What if there's a way to actually scientifically explain this? When an idea is just at the idea stage, somewhere in our brains, we have completely executed this idea and it is just PERFECT. No blockers, no issues, no failures. But the second we're about to execute it, the ancient idea guardian, Stupzalot (Stops a lot), immediately charges at you, not because he means any harm, but simply because your execution stands at a risk of destroying your idea empire, or at least one part of it. And as a guardian, he just can't let that happen. In a way, we all feed the little guy, with the stories we hear, the voices we let consume us, the times we stay in bed 10 hours longer, or binge watch series for 7 days in a row. He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake. And he just can't trust you enough with the future of your idea mansion that he's in charge of. We than have a crusial responsiblity to prove to Stupzalot that we actually can carry these things out, that it's okay to fail, as long as you learn from the experience, because in the end, execution will always trump ideas.

AI and Automation, Content writing, Dyslexic Thinking, Python programming, Storytelling, Teaching

The first time I officially heard of a TED talk was while I was at the university. One of our lecturers was taking us on the topic of Time Management and during the lecture, he showed us a clip of the talk, "Inside the mind of a master procrastinator" by Tim Urban. It had been long since any of us had so much fun during one of those lectures as it was a very interesting and relatable topic. After that class, I watched the entire TED talk and was incredibly impacted. It was from there I began to view other TED talks on Youtube, with two of my favourites being Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The danger of a single story" and Sam Bern's "My philosophy for a happy life". This made me realize two things - I desperately NEEDED to attend one. And I greatly desired to speak at one. I began making some research on the kind of people who were often invited to speak on the official TED stages and we had industry leaders, Nobel Lauretes, changemakers, advocates, investors - really successful people. I just had to be successful enough then because I needed to be invited to speak at one. Fast forward to much later, in 2022, when we had the first TEDxCovenant University, my school at the time, organized by two individuals in my set, while I was on internship, I realized my dream was closer than I thought. Even if I couldn't travel to attend a TED event, I could attend one in my own local community. I added speaking at a TEDx talk to my vision board for 2025. I even thought of possible topics like "Living inside your head", that I could speak on, with animations of course, similar to my first TED talk experience (Tim Urban). For most of 2024, I had been complaining about the fact that most of the great events in Lagos State happened on the Island, the more developed part of the state, but none of them came to where I lived, Festac Town. I decided to stop complaining and do something about it. On January 6th, 2025, I walked into an event center around my work place and in that very room, I got the inspiration and finally made the decision, with God's help, to organize a TEDx event for the people of Festac Town. I'm genuinely looking forward to the experience as an organizer, and in the future, as a speaker at TEDx and by the grace of God, at TED. Cheers to expanding on this story till I exceed the Maximum 5000 characters.

Dancing, Singing, Pencil drawing, Painting when I need to, Event planning (Probably because I'm not 😂), Rage-learning things when people delay me, Breaking things down so well, I could teach astrophysics to a five-year-old. (After learning it myself), Working with kids with learning differences and disabilities