Bereket Abraha Negassi

Bereket Abraha Negassi was born in

Ethiopia in the mid-'70s. When his beloved

country achieved her independence after a

thirty-year struggle that led to the recognition of Eritrea as a country, he officially

became an Eritrean. Later, he and his wife

moved to the United States and became

citizens. They are raising three beautiful children here and feel

blessed with everything they have achieved.

Bereket's formal education includes degrees in Human

Resource Management, Natural Science, and Nursing. His

informal education has been earned from talking to elders,

reading books, and life experiences in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya,

Sudan, Egypt, and the United States. He has a lot of stories to

tell regarding both his physical and spiritual journeys.

This heart-centered author is very thankful to have fulfilled two of his dreams. One was to visit Egypt; the other was

to write a good book. It took him over two years to research

and write Rectitude. It was presented at the 9th Annual

CARD (Creative Activity and Research Day) and earned

him the 2019 Academic Leadership Award from Vizuri

Kabisa, the University of San Francisco's African American

Student Union.

In addition, he was awarded the 2019 Dean's Medal

for Promoting Professionalism from the University of San

Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions.

The author is grateful to have met many wonderful

people at the University of San Francisco and at Walden

House, which you will learn about in Book 1. Because

of his experiences at Walden House, Bereket is donating

10% of the sales of this book to them.