Areka Ikeler is the 30-year-old founder of Fashion Ninja. She grew up in St. Francis, a small suburb on Milwaukee’s south side. She first learned to sew from her grandmother when she was 16-years-old. She attended St. Francis High School and went on to attend University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and Milwaukee Area Technical College for a short time before transferring to Mount Mary, where she spent three semesters majoring in fashion design. During this time she began developing her own collection that would come to be called Fashion Ninja, a nickname given to her years ago by her good friend and photographer, Darren Hoke, who was taking photos of her collection at the time. After becoming disenchanted with attending Mount Mary, Areka dropped out and began applying for loans to buy studio space. In 2003, she launched The Fashion Ninja School of Sewing and Design.
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