Tech Professional Letisha Park Shifts Seamlessly to Business of Fashion Graduate Program
February 13, 2024
Letisha Park’s realization that she was destined for a career in fashion emerged at a low point. Park was living alone and without her mom for the first time, and transitioning jobs from a small startup to a global corporation in 2021. Then she suffered a severe knee injury that laid her up for months. “It was a hard time. All I could do was be still,” Park said.
Creating art, first with paints and then clothing, gave Park solace — and then inspiration. While working full time as a corporate data analyst, she launched Safe Garments, a clothing line to engender community and mental wellness. “It was in that stillness that I got all these answers,” she said.
Last September, Park enrolled in Rutgers Business School’s Master of Science in Business of Fashion (MSBF). “I felt I had had the creative part down, but what I needed to learn was the business end,” she said. “This program fills that missing link.”