Lady Who Sold Popcorn At Nights To Pay School Fees Now Works With Microsoft

I Sold Popcorn at Nights While in the University: Lady Finally Makes It, Now Works for Microsoft Company

Ivy Barley, a digital entrepreneur, recounted that she sold popcorn in the nights while at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Barley, who joined tech giant Microsoft as a programmes manager, recalled that she significantly struggled while a student at her alma mater

She recounted her grass to grace story to motivate netizens.

Ivy Barley, a young Ghanaian digital entrepreneur and ‘steminist’, has motivated netizens with her grass to grace story after making it through hard work. She joined tech giant Microsoft in 2020 as the programmes manager, combining that with her role as the co-founder and CEO of Developers in Vogue, an organisation helping and motivating women to pursue careers in the tech industry.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) alumna recounted how she struggled throughout her studies at her alma mater.

Recounting her story She wrote in an Instagram post:

“Before theopportunities, I’m grateful to experience today, I significantly struggled while a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

Amid a turbulent chapter in my life, I went from academic excellence to failing some of my courses.” Selling bread while at KNUST.

According to Barley, the difficulties had a toll on her mental health. ”My mental health was in disarray, and my life fell apart.” She narrated that she had to work in the nights selling popcorn to help pay her school expenses, which complicated things further. One of the youngest commencement speakers Barley, who now works with tech giant Microsoft, indicated that little did she know that she had a bright future ahead.

She made the post after delivering a speech as the commencement speaker of the College of Science at KNUST.

“Little did I know that the girl that people laughed at for aspiring to be a mathematician will one day return to her alma mater as the Commencement Speaker of the College of Science. “That she will even be one of the youngest speakers to ever do so,” she said. Barley’s inspiring post has generated tons of comments from netizens on social media.
Uplifting comments

Berlsey_k indicated: “I really needed this. So inspiring.”

linnaeus_sylvester commented: “A lot of people don’t show interest in reading mathematics and other Physics sciences at the university because the whole community itself will look down on you.”.

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