At 16, She Was a Homeless Single Mom With Serious Talent. Now, Her Business Brings in Millions.
Mimi G. Ford, founder of online sewing school SewItAcademy.com, developed her love of sewing as a child visiting her dad in Puerto Rico every summer. She would watch, mesmerized, as her seamstress aunt transformed “yards of fabric into gorgeous dresses.” Ford started using the scraps to sew clothes for her Barbie dolls by hand. Ford’s…