Ife received her B.S. in Natural Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh with certificates in Global Studies-Global Health and Africana Studies from Pitt. After working with the team, she received her MPH from The George Washington University with a concentration in Global Health Program Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation. She has been working at the University of Chicago since completing her degree in 2020. She works as an Infection Control Lead managing a portion of the Contact Tracing Team working to limit the spread of COVID-19 on her campus.