Awad Abdelgadir earned a law degree LLB from Sudan. He worked as a lawyer and legal advisor and teacher in Yemen and visited Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Awad is a native speaker of Arabic and English is his second language. Course work in English was completed at the University of Minnesota and summer training in Education from the University of Vermont . He has taught Arabic at the University of Texas and also took a course in Education. Awad earned a Masters Degree in Education from Southwest Texas State University.