Bio

Ife B. (aka “Ifelicious”) has been writing and since she was a little girl.  She showed early promise when having her short story “The Sad Dragon,” written at age 7, was published in Ebony, Jr.  Just a few years later, the ABC Saturday morning children’s show “Kidsworld” answered her letter, and Ife had her first on camera feature reporting about her exhibition jump rope team the Kangaroo Kids in her hometown of Columbia, Maryland.

Although writing has always been her first love, Ife followed her head by pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Morgan State University and nearly 10 years later a master’s degree in Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering with a minor in Business from North Carolina State University.  It was not until February 2008, after arbitrarily beginning this blog originally entitled “Ifelicious Thoughts” (ifelicious.com) as a way to share her unique perspective on pop culture, reality tv, and the indie film and music scene that she rediscovered her love affair with writing.  Since that time, she has drawn a solid following and showcased her writing talents as a contributor to Yahoo! Buzz, Global Grind, JENESIS magazine, The 9’s magazine, Brokeup.com singles networking site, blog Peas In Their Pods (organization that founded and issues Rilya Alerts for missing children of color) including contributor to their magazine launched in May 2009 called P.E.A.S., Earth.org (ambassador for Columbus, OH and New York City), and her other blogs affrodite.net (black culture, social commentary, current events, activism) and www.dairdreatphia.com (hair journal with natural hairstylist), and much more. She has also partnered with Queer Black Cinema (QBC) on several events including the QBC International Film & Music Festival where she did official photography for the event and conducted an on camera interview with writer, actor, filmmaker, producer Maurice Jamal (The Ski Trip, Dirty Laundry) and actor John Rankin (The Ski Trip).  In June 2009, Ife was selected to be a part of sculptor Peter Harper’s untitled series of bronze face castings and supporting documentary coverage joining a list of names that  includes the famous faces of David Arquette, Woody Harrelson, Warren G, Jody Watley, Nelson George, and his own brother Ben Harper.

With a new career resume building fast, Ife decided in mid-January 2009 to leave Corporate America behind to pursue her lifetime passion of writing full time.  If her successes to date are any indication of what lies ahead, Ife’s talent and determination will undoubtedly pave the way for her to carve a niche as a successful journalist, blogger, and more.  Ife now lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband and pampered teacup poodle named Happy.