4 Her tepid attempt to subdue a smile betrayed a subtle amour-propre, grounded in mollifying unpretentiousness, as she sketched a picture of her childhood home in a sub-region of West Africa on a yellow Post-It note. Called a “compound house,” she shared the square-shaped structure with her great grand-parents, cousins, and several other members of her extended family. Rooms lined the walls facing inward toward an open living-area where the resident children would spend their days playing.
Senior Master Sgt. Eva Appiah (ah-pee-ah), 357th Airlift Squadron first sergeant, was raised by a working-class single mother in the small village of Agona Swedru in the Republic of Ghana, a country along the Gulf of Guinea in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Her mother and grandmother consistently stressed the importance of education, she reminisces, because they wanted her to have a better life than they had. Every school day, her grandmother would pay for a cab service to
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By Maj. John T. Stamm, 908th Airlift Wing / Published May 03, 2021
Senior Master Sgt. Eva Appiah, 357th Airlift Squadron first sergeant, was selected as the Air Force Reserve Command Enlisted Legilative Fellow for 2021. Appiah s journey to Legislative fellow began as a young girl in Ghana. (U.S. Air Force Courtsey Photo.)
Senior Master Sgt. Eva Appiah, 357th Airlift Squadron and 908th Operations Group first sergeant speaks with Chief Master Sgt. James Rickels, 908th loadmaster superintendent about any issues facing the people in the loadmaster section. Appiah was selected as the Air Force Reserve Command s Enlisted Legislative Fellow for 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley J. Clark)
By Maj. John T. Stamm, 908th Airlift Wing / Published May 03, 2021
Senior Master Sgt. Eva Appiah, 357th Airlift Squadron first sergeant, was selected as the Air Force Reserve Command Enlisted Legilative Fellow for 2021. Appiah s journey to Legislative fellow began as a young girl in Ghana. (U.S. Air Force Courtsey Photo.)
Senior Master Sgt. Eva Appiah, 357th Airlift Squadron and 908th Operations Group first sergeant speaks with Chief Master Sgt. James Rickels, 908th loadmaster superintendent about any issues facing the people in the loadmaster section. Appiah was selected as the Air Force Reserve Command s Enlisted Legislative Fellow for 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley J. Clark)
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From Little Girl in Ghana to Legislative Fellow in the U.S. Government; Reserve Citizen Airman embodies the American Dream By Maj. John T. Stamm, 908th Airlift Wing / Published May 03, 2021
Senior Master Sgt. Eva Appiah, 357th Airlift Squadron first sergeant, was selected as the Air Force Reserve Command Enlisted Legilative Fellow for 2021. Appiah s journey to Legislative fellow began as a young girl in Ghana. (U.S. Air Force Courtsey Photo.)
Senior Master Sgt. Eva Appiah, 357th Airlift Squadron and 908th Operations Group first sergeant speaks with Chief Master Sgt. James Rickels, 908th loadmaster superintendent about any issues facing the people in the loadmaster section. Appiah was selected as the Air Force Reserve Command s Enlisted Legislative Fellow for 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley J. Clark)