Dokta Dooshima Yemisi Suswam an haife ta ne a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1967 a cikin dangin kirista na Chief Ayo Balogun na Emure, na Jihar Ekiti da Cif Mrs. Hannah Balogun (Nee Haliru Kaiama). Karatunta na farko ta fara ne a makarantar St. Claire’s Nursery da Primary School, Oshogbo, jihar Osun tsakanin 1972 –1979. A wannan matakin ne malaman ta suka gano ƙwarewar shugabancin ta na asali, kuma aka sanya ta a matsayin prefect aji da Head girl a firamare 3 da 5 bi da bi. Tsakanin 1979 –1985, ta halarci Kwalejin Gwamnatin Tarayya ta Mata da ke Oyo. Kasancewarta an wasa da yawa masu hazaka da kuma taka rawa a cikin ayyukan motsa jiki a cikin makarantar, An sanya ta a matsayin Babban Jami'in Wasannin Makaranta a shekararta ta ƙarshe. Don karatun ta na gaba da sakandire, An shigar da ita Jami'ar Tarayya ta Fasaha, Minna, inda ta karanta Architecture. Ta kammala a 1992 tare da B.Tech Architecture da M.Tech Architecture a 1993. Yemisi Suswam daliba ce wanda ta kammala karatun digiri na biyu a shekarar 2009 a makarantar Harvard Kennedy na Babban Jami'in Ilimin Mata da Iko: Jagoranci a cikin sabuwar duniya.