A graduate of the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Dada-Olley is often drawn to issues relating to economic empowerment, technology and international trade. Dada-Olley has legal experience working in both the private and public sectors that include tenures at the Federal Communications Commission, the Illinois Attorney General's office, the Illinois Governor's office, the City of Plano, Texas Legal Department and Raskin Peter Rubin Simon LLP, an entertainment law firm in Los Angeles, CA. Dada-Olley currently lives in the Dallas metro area with her husband and two children.