Dr. Mrs. Theresa Ebia Omara-Achong was born on Wednesday 1st of June, 1966, to Lieutenant Commander Anthony and Late Mrs. Veronica Osang of Kakwagom-Irruan in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State-Nigeria. She is the eldest of seven children.
She began her early education at the Corona School, Apapa-Lagos (1969 to 1970); Command Children’s School, Ikeja Cantonment-Lagos (1970 to 1977) and graduated with a Distinction. She gained admission into the pioneer set of Command Secondary School, Ipaja – Lagos (1977 to 1982). She proceeded to the University of Calabar (1983- 1987) where she bagged a Bachelor of Science Degree in Botany (Phytopathology) with a Second-Class Upper Division. She later obtained a Master’s Degree in Botany (Taxonomy) from the University of Lagos (1990) and then a Ph.D. in Botany (Plant Physiology) from the University of Calabar (2008).