Andromeda Peters Osam (born June 11, 1992) is a Ghanaian and Native American actress,

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titleholder, and licensed psychotherapist born in Western Massachusetts that was crowned

Miss United States Miss United States is a pageant held in the United States for unmarried women between the ages of 20-29. The pageant includes women selected to represent all 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mar ...

2018. She stars in the 2022 TV Show ''My African Love With Efia Odo'' on

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and

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. Peters is a licensed clinical

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with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Science in

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. She is an advocate for

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, and founder of her own mental health organization Your Mind Matters Global. Peters was born to parents; one is a

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian highlife musician and the other a life coach and nurse who is Indigenous American,

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, and

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Early life and education

Peters was born June 11, 1992 in Springfield, Massachusetts to a

ian highlife musician and an Indigenous American,

, and

nurse. She became involved in

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

and acting at the age of 11. Peters holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Theatre from

Elms College The College of Our Lady of the Elms, often called Elms College, is a Private college, private Catholic church, Roman Catholic in Chicopee, Massachusetts. History The Sisters of St. Joseph and the Diocese of Springfield co-founded Elms as a g ...

and a Master of

from

Springfield College Springfield College is a private college in Springfield, Massachusetts. It confers undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is known as the birthplace of basketball because the sport was invented there in 1891 by Canadian-American instructor J ...

Career and Pageantry

Peters won the

competition in 2018 while representing the state of

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. While she was Miss United States, Peters was a face of Huda Beauty's Overachiever Campaign which highlighted Peter's self-love and mental health awareness advocacy. She starred in the pseudo-reality TV show ''My African Love With Efia Odo'' which aired on

and

in 2022. Peters is a licensed psychotherapist providing therapy and life coaching with a focus on mindfulness, trauma, and neuroscience.

References

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