As a survivor of work and life related burnout, she aims to provide tools necessary to live a life focused on self-care and advocacy. She is also recognizes the importance of reading to one's health and created Healing Words Foundation, a literacy based charity focused on providing books to pediatric wards and outpatient clinics. Akua Ampadu earned her undergraduate degree in Biobehavioral Health at Pennsylvania State University and went on to complete her medical doctorate at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency training at Newark Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, NJ.