Dr Stella Chinyere Jacks started her career as a secondary school Guidance Counsellor at Havard international school in Kaduna, after her National Youth Service Corps experience at Federal Government Girls’ College, Zaria in 1991. From there she moved to Starland Private School Lagos in 1992. Later she became the Head teacher of Evangel Model School, Maiduguri between 1993 and 2005. She secured a temporary employment as an associate lecturer at the University of Maiduguri from 2005-2008 while she pursued her post-graduate programme in the same University. All this period, she positively affected the lives of pupils and students at Primary, Secondary and tertiary levels. She finally got a permanent and pensionable appointment at the University of Maiduguri in 2008 in the Department of Education, Faculty of Education as an Assistant Lecturer. She rose to the position of Senior Lecturer in 2014. In 2016, she sought a transfer to the University of Calabar, first on two years Leave of Absence, to the Department of Guidance and Counselling as a Senior Lecturer. The transfer of service was finally effected in 2019. Stella, being a child of parents in the Nigerian Police Force, had her Primary School in different states and towns due to constant transfers. She finally finished her Primary Education at Orogodo primary School, Agbor in 1976-1981. She had a Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) from 1982-1985, from the College of Education, Abraka, after which she had a B.Ed in Guidance and Counselling from 1986-1989. She had an M.Ed. in 2003 and a Ph.D in 2010 from the University of Maiduguri. She is a professional in Guidance and Counselling and belongs to several Professional bodies such as; Counselling association of Nigeria (CASSON), Association of Professional Counsellors (APROCON), Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Institute of Chartered mediators and Concilators (ICMC), Mental Health Facilitators (MHF), World Education Research Association (WERA) and several others. Her research areas are in Sexuality of Adolescents, Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV/AIDS. She has over 25 papers in reputable journals and has also attended both local and international conferences where she has presented papers. Dr Stella jacks has served as Head of Department, Guidance and Counselling, Faculty of Education, University of Calabar from 2017 to date, Level Coordinator of Business and Geography Education, University of Maiduguri (2008-2016) and Coordinator in Diploma in Teaching Practice (2008-2014). She works zealously, and she is interested in motivating the adolescents to leave a purposeful life. For this course, she visits four Secondary Schools in Calabar metropolis to address students on living a purposeful life. She is also interested in the menace of Street Children and as a social responsibility, she has offered voluntary service to them and assisted some of them to go out of the Streets to homes where they are well looked after. She is a very satisfied Guidance Counsellor as she has used her profession to the benefit of several individuals.