Sew Modest Studio’s Lead Instructor and Founding Director, LaTerry Abdulnoor Yaseen Mohsin, is an internationally-trained Fashion and Jewelry Designer, having studied Fashion Design and Photography in London, England.

LaTerry is a native Detroiter who draws design inspiration from her extensive travels to some of the most beautiful places in the world including: Ethiopia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and various European countries.

From her undergraduate studies, she attained a degree in Business Management, Fashion Marketing & Merchandising with a minor in Public Speaking & Communications. She also has a master’s degree in Design and Technology. In 2018, after 13 years of corporate success working in Information Technology and Human Resources, she ventured out into entrepreneurship, as the owner and lead designer of Shop Sumayya.

As the founding director of Shop Sumayya – a modest American clothing brand- and Sew Modest Studio – a fashion design, sewing and crafting studio, LaTerry seeks to inspire women to challenge the narrative of what it means to live modestly with confidence and boldness.