Kennedy Agyapong's Daughter Yvonne Graduates from Yale University, Beautiful Videos Drop
- Kennedy Agyapong's daughter, Yvonne Agyapong, has graduated from Yale University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science
- Yvonne, the youngest of the former MP's seven daughters, known on social media, receives the prestigious Arthur L. Pulley Research Award for Peace and Justice
- Yvonne is reported to be aspiring to become an international human rights lawyer and has already made strides towards that goal
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Yvonne Agyapong, one of the daughters of former Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, has graduated from Yale University in the US.
Source: Instagram
Yvonne, the youngest of Ken Agyapong's daughters, known on social media, graduated at Yale's 325th Commencement ceremony, held on Saturday, May 16, 2026
She received a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Cognitive Science, with the highest honours. (Summa C*m Laude)
A video shared by her elder brother, Kenneth Agyapong, showed her dressed in beautiful kente with a kente sash around her neck, posing in a selfie video with her brother.
Kenneth was heard shouting, "Ken, we did it. Ken, we did it. We got another degree," amid smiles.
Yvonne blew a kiss into the camera and said:
"Thank you daddy."
Ken Agyapong's daughter wins award at Yale
At her graduation, Yvonne Agyapong was one of the students honoured by the Afro American Cultural Centre.
She received the Arthur L. Pulley LLB '53 and Bernice Cosey Pulley DIV '55 Research Award for the Advancement of Peace and Justice in the Americas and Africa.
Source: Instagram
Yvonne Agyapong wants to become a lawyer
Yvonne Agyapong, YEN.com.gh understands is passionate about becoming an international human rights lawyer and has already started studies at Stanford.
A citation about her on Yale's website indicates she has broadly researched different forms of injustice, including gender stereotyping with a Cognitive Science laboratory in Paris, bias in artificial intelligence systems, and crimes against Uighur Muslims in China.
Dedicated to making international relations accessible to high-schoolers, Yvonne is actively involved in Model United Nations conference planning and has directed MUN committees in India, South Africa, and Brazil.
She is also the treasurer and a founding member of the Yale Undergraduate Black Pre-Law Association and director of programming for the Yale Foreign Policy Initiative.
See the Instagram video below:
Ken Agyapong's daughter's UCHS graduation in 2022
The degree from Yale came exactly after Yvonne Agyapong graduated from Union Catholic High School, a private secondary school in New Jersey.
The then-18-year-old emerged as the valedictorian, sweeping the top student in many subjects, including Mathematics, English, and Social Studies, among others.
Just like her Yale graduation, it was a big family celebration with her parents, siblings, and other family and friends in attendance.
Source: Instagram
Kennedy Agyapong's daughter bags double master's
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that Amanda, Kennedy Agyapong's daughter, had announced on April 23, 2026, that she had completed her Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes, two years after her return to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn).
In a video, she beamed with excitement as she celebrated her latest academic milestone with other members of her graduating class on a double-decker bus.
Standing beside a female colleague, the 28-year-old Amanda expressed pride in earning a degree, an MA and an MBA from the same Ivy League university before turning 30.
Source: YEN.com.gh
