Only twenty-eight years old, Adewale has over twelve years of leadership experience within the nonprofit field. His experience began at the age of fourteen as a peer educator for Project Reach Youth (PRY), a South Brooklyn nonprofit that helps low income youth learn and grow in a creative and supportive environment through education, training, and counseling. For four years Adewale facilitated more than 150 workshops to mostly teenage audiences throughout New York City, focusing on critical teenage issues such as HIV/AIDS, teenage sexuality, and violence. As he gained greater experience within PRY, Adewale mentored and trained other young people to become peer educators. He also became a spokesman for the organization, representing PRY at an international conference in Istanbul, Turkey and speaking at two international forums at the United Nations.

At sixteen, Adewale also became involved with the International Youth Leadership Institute (IYLI), a West Harlem nonprofit devoted to training Black and Latino high school students to develop the ability to apply a global perspective to community challenges. For two years he attended several seminars that addressed local social issues and its relation to the international community. In his second year with IYLI, Adewale was voted to its board of directors and became heavily involved in recruiting and mentoring younger members. Upon matriculation to Columbia University, he became a part-time staff member, overseeing the organization's community service program for two years.

While attending Columbia, where he received a degree in African American Studies, Adewale sought to broaden his nonprofit experience by working for grant-making organizations. During the summers of his sophomore and junior years, Adewale was an intern for the Philanthropy Department of the Altria Group (formerly known as Philip Morris Management Corporation), reading grant proposals and assisting Black community organizations with their programming. He obtained the internship as part of his affiliation with INROADS, a nonprofit dedicated to developing and placing talented minority youth in business and industry and preparing them for corporate and community leadership.

During his senior year, Adewale also interned with the Wallace Foundation, a national public charity founded by Lila and DeWitt Wallace, founders of Reader's Digest. Adewale acquired this internship as part of his affiliation with the Philanthropy program of the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), a nonprofit that provides undergraduates of color with substantive internships in national corporations and foundations. As an intern of the education department, he assisted in organizing and coordinating several important initiatives of the Wallace Foundation.

After graduating from Columbia, Adewale gained even more experience within the nonprofit sector as project supervisor for the Partnership for After School Education (PASE), a lower Manhattan nonprofit that provides technical support and financial assistance to New York nonprofits. For one year, he was responsible for supervising YouthConnect!, a PASE initiative that sought to assess the impact of 9/11 on NYC youth. To collect this vital information, Adewale developed a strategy that included hosting focus groups across the city and interviewing young people personally affected by the tragedy. Supervising a staff of twenty, Adewale oversaw the collection and documentation of information. In addition, Adewale co-published an article outlining YouthConnect! findings and presented the information to over 500 nonprofit practitioners at PASE's annual conference. Due to the compelling findings from YouthConnect!, PASE received a $500,000 grant from the Vivendi Universal Foundation for the initiative's second phase, which focused on implementing strategies to help young people recover from the tragedies of 9/11.

Adewale's commitment to service continued even as he studied law at Northwestern University. As a second year law student he was elected president of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), spearheading several initiatives and programs. One of his most important initiatives was Opportunity Tours, whose goal was to expose local Chicago high school students to law school and the legal profession. BLSA accomplished this goal by offering programming which included in-depth Q&A sessions with current law students, mock classes with Northwestern Law professors as well as tours of the law school. In addition to developing programs and initiatives, Adewale became a savvy fundraiser, securing over $45,000 for the organization mainly through law firm sponsorships.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Adewale now resides in Los Angeles, California. He is currently a second-year associate at a boutique law firm that specializes in business and real estate law.