Kofi pursued his undergraduate education at Villanova University, where he majored in Biology (Neurobiology & Physiology) and minored in both Psychology and Spanish Language & Literature. In 2017, as an undergraduate student at Villanova University, Kofi was selected as a U.S. Department of State Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholar. As a U.S. Gilman International Scholar to Ghana, in the summer of 2017, he engaged in a medical internship at Greater Accra Regional Hospital, one of West Africa’s most advanced hospitals, and studied maternal public health and Twi Language at the University of Ghana. Upon his return to the U.S., Kofi received a letter of recognition from U.S. Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland, Senior Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for demonstrating exemplary diplomacy through his global leadership. In 2019, Kofi was selected as a U.S. Department of State Fulbright Research Proposal Semi-Finalist, with his award-winning research proposal, Effects of Western Medicine on the Traditional Medicine of the Mapuche (Chile). 

At The George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health, Kofi obtained his Master of Public Health (MPH) in May 2023. Upon graduation from his MPH program in Global Health Program Design, Monitoring & Evaluation program, he was awarded the 1) White House President's Volunteer Service Award — for the impact he had on tens of thousands of lives within the past year through exceptional federal work; 2) Delta Omega Public Health Honors Society Induction (the same honorary society that Dr. Fauci was inducted into in 2022) — for graduating in the top 10% of his class; 3) The Chair's Award for the Department of Global Health — the department's highest honor given to an exemplar graduating student of the Department of Global Health; 4) Selected as Head of the Oath Committee for the Milken Public Health Graduation — in which he was bestowed the honor of sitting on stage, next to faculty and deans of the School of Public Health. Kofi had the opportunity to lead the creation of the 2023 Milken Public Health Oath and deliver the oath to over 1,200 newly minted public health professionals.

In 2020 and 2021, Kofi was selected as a U.S. State Department Gilman Future Leader in Public Health and a U.S. State Department Gilman Future Leader in Global Health. Having been invited to these Gilman Future Leader selections, he had the opportunity to meet various experts in public health and global health, including, the Former Acting Surgeon General alongside the Former President of the American Public Health Association. (It turned out that while Kofi was at Prep, he took the Former Surgeon General’s daughter to Homecoming!) Following his prolific Gilman Program experiences, through a competitive selection process, Kofi was chosen as 1 of 25 official Alumni Ambassadors to represent the U.S. State Department’s Gilman International Scholarship for 2022-2023, representing over 34,000 alumni since the program’s inception. As a Gilman Alumni Ambassador, he engaged in congressional advocacy meetings on Capitol Hill, represented the program in conferences and hosted Gilman Alumni engagement seminars. Simultaneously as a Gilman Alumni Ambassador, Kofi interned with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), working on improving the evaluation methods of early childhood mental health programs across the U.S. The intern work with SAMHSA spurred the creation of his master’s thesis work, titled, Cultural Competence: What is it? A Meta-Evaluation for Childhood Mental Health Programs.  

Thinking about his time at Prep, Kofi said “It is a blessing that my younger brother, Kwaku Asamoah ’24, is able to walk through the same footsteps I walked through a decade ago. As I witness his Prep journey unwind, it is as if I have the opportunity to look at my high school self through a mirror, and see how much I have developed since my Prep days. Staff and faculty such as Karen Napolitano, Tim Wisecarver, Alvin Trask, Natalie Denney, “Q”, alongside many others, had such a big impact upon guiding me to discover my life passions. My Spanish classes with Katherine Steuart, Matt Fitzgibbons, and Antonieta Singer greatly expanded upon my global mindset to see the profound interconnectedness of our world. And best of all, the Jesuit spirituality education embedded into the curriculum prompted me to direct my purpose toward how I can best utilize the gifts that God has given me to serve the world.”

Kofi continued, “At Prep, I uncovered my passions among the intersections of science, service and culture. Prep gave me an environment in which I could develop in my Christian faith while harnessing my intellectual faculties which I could use to help make the world a better place. There are strong lifelong connections I have made with former Prep classmates and Prep staff/faculty, which have made Prep a very special place for me.”

Reflecting on what Men of Faith, Men for Others means, Kofi commented "On July 20, 2022, I had the opportunity to represent the prestigious Gilman Scholarship Program on Capitol Hill, garnering senatorial support for increased funding of the FY23 House State & Foreign Ops bill. The strenuous efforts of my colleagues and I resulted in the Senate Appropriations Committee on July 28, 2022, releasing an appropriations package including a $1 million increased funding proposal to $17 million for the Gilman International Scholarship Program in fiscal year 2023, compared to fiscal year 2022 levels. In April 2023, I was invited back to Capitol Hill with the Institute of International Education to advocate for continued support of both the Gilman and Fulbright International Scholarship Programs. I was also spotlighted on the U.S. Department of State’s LinkedIn page during February 2023 for Black History month for my dedication to global service. Knowing that my congressional advocacy can contribute to harnessing the potential of thousands of future physicians, nurses, lawyers, teachers and societal change-makers, I am imbued with limitless hope of the global impact that he can have as a global health professional.”