Our team

Rooted between Oakland, California, USA, and Tema, Ghana, Dr. Akongua Hemaa is a healer, entrepreneur, educator, and community wellness advocate devoted to restoring ancestral wisdom, holistic healing, and cultural connection within African and Diaspora communities.

From a young age, Cynthia was immersed in business management and entrepreneurship, learning leadership and community responsibility through her family’s businesses in Ghana. By the age of 17, she was already operating her own beauty enterprise, a journey that continued after relocating to the United States in 2010.

Her foundation in healing and maternal care began early in childhood. Between the ages of 9 and 15, she assisted her grandmother, a respected traditional community midwife, in supporting women through childbirth and postpartum care within their community. Through these experiences, she was introduced to ancestral prenatal traditions, postpartum nourishment, herbal healing, mother-and-baby bonding practices, and the sacred responsibility of caring for mothers and newborns. This early exposure deeply shaped her lifelong commitment to holistic maternal wellness and ancestral healing.

Recognizing the growing cultural and emotional disconnect between Africans on the continent and those in the Diaspora, she founded Fawohodze Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging communities through African cultural exchange, holistic wellness, ancestral healing, education, and collective care.

Dr. Akongua Hemaa is an:

• Ancestral Healing Coach
• Flowtarian Life Coach
• Ancestral Prenatal & Postpartum Coach
• Holistic Health Practitioner
• Certified Trichologist & Master Cosmetology Educator
• Traditional Doctor with the Ghana Psychic & Traditional Healers Association
• Recognized Holistic Health Coach by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners
• Certified Facilitator in Ceremonial Plant Integration & Psycho-Spiritual Education

Her work integrates ancestral healing, prenatal and postpartum traditions, emotional healing, African-centered wellness, Flowtarian living, holistic nutrition, cultural preservation, and community empowerment.

Through the Optimum Health Project and Ahoto Healing & Wellness Home, she supports children, mothers, families, and communities through programs focused on Financial, Academic, Environmental, Physical, Emotional, Social, and Spiritual wellness.

In addition to leading Fawohodze Inc., Dr. Akongua Hemaa has earned multiple Associate degrees through Peralta Colleges and continues her studies in Business and community development. Her passion for service extends through teaching, wellness education, cosmetology training, and mentorship.

Outside of her professional work, she enjoys cooking, gardening, swimming, yoga, traveling, and spending meaningful time with family and community. Her greatest joy comes from helping others heal, reconnect with their roots, and build healthier futures grounded in ancestral wisdom and collective care.

Restoring culture. Healing generations. Rebuilding community through ancestral wisdom.

Maya

​Francis Awortwe is a licensed, professional teacher who works with pupils struggling with basic concept in mathematics and integrated science. Driven by experienced in job area. He takes pride in providing the best teaching possible. As a professional teacher, his goals include helping pupils to understand concepts in subject’s area, bringing out hidden talent in pupils and helping pupils to choose future career. In addition to his primary job functions, Francis Awortwe has been recognized by Fawohodze organization for his extraordinary commitment to work. He is a graduate of University of Cape Coast. He believes pupils of all ages are capable of bringing out their hidden talent if guidelines and perfect teaching is given correctly. In his spare time, he rehearsed with his band towards impending program as well as writing songs for the band.

Emmanuel Ebhota here. I am a graduate from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology from Simon Fraser University in Canada. What drives me in life is creatively solving problems that many different communities face, so that I why I focused on UI and UX design. In my current position, I plan to use the skills I learned in school and real world experience to contribute positively to any community I can. ​