Rachael Mensah: Meet the female JHS leaver making bold strides as a professional painter
- Rachael Mensah is a junior high school leaver who works as a professional painter
- The 32-year-old artisan is making laudable gains in a field largely dominated by men
- Rachael Mensah has been celebrated as a shining example for girls who could not further their education due to financial impediment
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A female junior high school graduate, Rachael Mensah, who works as a professional painter has carved a niche for herself in the male-dominated field.
While growing up, Rachael Mensah nurtured the dream of becoming a policewoman but later had to pursue a different career due to financial impediments.
Despite having a difficult childhood due to financial challenges that truncated her education to senior high school, Rachael Mensah was resolved to change her fortunes to better her life.
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She opted to look for other avenues to make it in life and discovered painting.
After years of working in a field largely considered to be for men, Rachael Mensah, 32, has been contracted to work on major projects by prominent institutions.
Despite the challenges women working as professional painters face, her excellent skill earned her a painting job at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
Rachael Mensah runs her business under the brand name A-P Interior Ventures, providing painting and cleaning services.
The young lady has been celebrated in a post on social media along with inspirational photos of her.
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported Ghanaian international fashion icon, Nana Akua Addo, has given her fans a glimpse into her romantic life as she shares a cuddly video creating a beautiful memory with her husband.
The mother of two adorable girls has posted a video having fun with her husband, which has racked in thousands of views on social media.
The videos which lasted less than a minute show the renowned fashionista and her hubby holding each other tight, nonverbally communicating that they'd not let go of each other.
In other news, Hajia Maame Sahadatu, the mother of an 11-year-old boy who was gruesomely killed by two teenagers for rituals in Kasoa in the Central Region has recounted how she got to know about her son's murder.
The bereaved mother disclosed that the elder sister of Ishmael Mensah came to break the heart-rending news to her.
Speaking in an interview, Sahadatu told Citi News amid tears that she was shocked by her son's demise.
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