Karimot Odebode is a lawyer, education advocate and poet from Ibadan Nigeria. She is the founder and project lead at the Black Girl’s Dream Initiative. Karimot was a key contributor to the Transform Education summit at the United Nations Headquarter in New York where she co-presented the Youth Declaration on transforming Education at the 77th United Nations General Assembly.

She is one of the 17 Young Leaders for the SDGs recognized by the United Nations. Karimot is currently studying for her Masters degree in Education Policy and Analysis at the prestigious Harvard University.