About Me
With global experiences spanning continents, cultures, and disciplines, Celestina Dankwa Agyekum is a leader, coach, and author. Born in Ghana’s Eastern Region, she learned early the power of adaptability—embracing new languages, customs, and perspectives as she moved between worlds and cultures. As a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer in Burkina Faso, she trained and empowered local educators and spearheaded a community sanitation project that built sixty in‑home latrines.
In 2018, Celestina’s world unraveled. After resigning from a toxic workplace, she found herself unemployed for nearly a year, living in her sister’s basement, relying on food stamps and unemployment benefits. Grieving the sudden loss of a dear friend and watching debt pile up, she hit a financial and emotional rock bottom with no blueprint for how to rebuild.
Growing up Ghanaian and African meant money wasn’t talked about - there was no path to follow. In that quiet valley of loss and survival, Celestina made a decision: the generational cycle would end with her.
Celestina began rebuilding from scratch. She forgave her upbringing, took charge of her financial recovery, and coached herself through the personal challenges life hurled her way. She created a blueprint and in doing so, she Collided Into Place.
Today, she is the founder of Colliding Into Place Coaching Services, where she helps people strengthen two of life’s most essential skill sets: personal finance and executive function skills. As a Certified Life Coach and ICF-credentialed, Celestina combines lived wisdom with proven strategies to help clients manage life, money, and mindset with clarity and tailored approached.
She is the author of Colliding Into Place and Money Matters: An Interactive Budget Book—works rooted in the belief that we can all design better systems for ourselves, no matter our starting point. Her coaching is practical, personal, and powerfully client-led, driven by the philosophy that sometimes, we need to transform—not evolve.
She holds a BA in Elementary Education from Knox College and an MA in International Development and Social Change from Clark University. Now based in Frederick, Maryland, Celestina continues to live a faith- and wellness-driven life, committed to creating generational shifts and equipping others to do the same.
