Ivy Tettegah is a very focused and driven automation engineer turned wearable art creator founding her design studio iLORM in 2020. Making way from Ghana West Africa & now residing in Maryland she has always had a natural flair for fashion.
Ivy believes that her book smarts and years of hands-on experience studying within the technical field has only served to further enhance the artisan she has now grown up to be. Reluctant to call herself an activist, she is socially aware as she has cared about serving her community since the young age of 10. Alongside her is her sister Laura, a medical student who also loves to help people. Together they have both been committed to helping other impoverished tailors and seamstresses from their homeland work under proper conditions & become fairly compensated for the labor & craftsmanship they put into their work. Let’s learn more about Ivy as we dive into this interview.
You were born in Ghana, were you raised there as well? What was your childhood like?
I was born and lived my childhood years in Tema, a small metropolitan seaport in Ghana off the west coast of Africa. We grew up poor, but happy & never lacking. My mother, who while minimally educated was determined to provide the best opportunities for her two daughters to achieve heights that she never dreamed or dared to. Most of my memories were fun and I have fond recollections of feeling protected and an assurance that things would be better, and dreams were achievable if one only worked very hard.
What led you to go to school for engineering?
I have always loved making and creating stuff to help people around me. With my undergrad in Psychology, specializing in industrial psychology, I found a deep connection between how products impact behavior, emotions, and thought processes. This led me to build a career in automation engineering thereby furthering my career with a master’s in information systems, since technology is one of the greatest tools to extend a helping hand to people all over the world.
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