She studied handicrafts and tailoring at Tuskegee and then continued her schooling at the institute's hospital, known as the John Albion Andrew Memorial Hospital, where she studied nursing.
Ajo studioi artizanat dhe rrobaqepësi në Tuskegee dhe më pas vazhdoi shkollimin e saj në spitalin e institutit, i njohur si Spitali Memorial John Albion Andrew, ku studjoi infermierinë.