Ife M. Presswood, a senior at Fayetteville State University, is currently persuing her undergraduate degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. Upon her graduation in December of 2015, she plans to attend graduate school at the Art Instutue wherein she will further her education by obtaining her Masters of Fine Arts in Fashion Marketing. Fueled by her professional mission: "Creating a world where thick girls can find their fierce: Sexy is shapeless", Ife plans to use her MFA alongside her knowledge of fashion and marketing  to work for Foreverr 21 Corporate, under the subsidiary 'Forever 21+' as a buyer in addition to marketing their plus size appreal line. 

 

Furthermore, Ife plans to  countinue her work in her artistic feilds of dance and writing professionally. A current fashion and hair writer for "Sistas Keeper Magazine" a popular black-owned magiazine for teen girls in her hometown of Charlotte, NC, Ife hopes to become a contributing writer for blackgirllonghair.com, a natural hair online magazine forum.

 

Moreover, Ife will countinue West African dance professionally with SHAE Movement African Arts, in addition to putting all of her years of dance training and experience towards her ultimate give back: opening a dance studio, wherein students living in high poverty can get professional dance training.