ATLANTA — Though her career in food and beverage manufacturing was promising and lucrative, Adelarin Yemi-Sofumade (J.D. ’22) had always been drawn to law.
A native of Lagos, Nigeria, and now a naturalized U.S. citizen, Yemi-Sofumade settled with her family in Atlanta’s southern suburbs while still in high school.
“It was really important when choosing an undergraduate degree to choose one I could immediately put to use to earn a living,” Yemi-Sofumade said. “I simply couldn’t afford to spend another three years in law school at that time.”
After graduating from Georgia Tech in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, she went to work at Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Cartersville, Ga., brewery. She quickly rose through the ranks in positions in supply chain management, business processes and human resources management.
The work eventually took her to Houston, Texas, and to another food and beverage company, but Yemi-Sofumade couldn’t shake the feeling that she could do more and be more.
“I really wasn’t feeling fulfilled,” she said. “I was several years out of school and making good money at a great job, but I hit my 30th birthday and had this moment. I decided I didn’t want to do this for another 30 years. Law school was a dream I thought was long gone, until I realized it wasn’t.”
In 2019, Yemi-Sofumade quit her job, moved back to Atlanta, went to work in her family’s home health care business and enrolled in the College of Law’s part-time program.
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