Sophia Lubin, an alumna of the Carver Center’s Youth Development Program, spoke recently to about 100 people attending the annual Rowayton Carver Connections party.

Sophia is a graduate of the prestigious Savannah College of Art and Design and currently a freelance designer for Aeropostale.  Her family came to Norwalk from Haiti when she was young, and she started at the Carver after-school program ten years ago.

At that time she had no idea that she would ever attend college.

Now the International Fashion Academy (IFA) that accepts less than 20% of its applicants to its MBA program is welcoming Sophie.

IFA Paris was established in 1982 to combine French fashion heritage with the modern globalized world. As the only school in Paris offering all its undergraduate and postgraduate courses taught in English, IFA Paris caters to a highly international student body from all corners of the world.  International Fashion Academy, better known as IFA Paris, offers students undergraduate courses in design and marketing, and postgraduate courses in design, business, communication and luxury in an environment of multidisciplinary collaboration. With schools in Paris and Shanghai, IFA Paris is at the forefront of fashion and luxury education and offers courses that reflect the breadth of opportunities available in this vibrant industry.