The stories passed down by my elders anchored me through my formativ years as my father's military career disrupted our family life and constantly moved us around. We lived in different regions of our racially divided country and Europe during the racially turbulent fifties and sixties.

Ancestral stories nurtured and strengthened me through the many identity crises and feelings of not belonging which nagged me well into my adulthood.  But my love of reading, stories, Black history and later writing. proved to be powerful pathways for profound spiritual healing and growth.

In adulthood, I struggled through divorce, single-motherhood, and a host of other life-chaning events,  including the tragic death of my older brother. Writing not only sustained me emotionally and spiritually, it to put food on the table. Somehow, God caused the Universe to make room for my natural gifts and skills. Doors swung open for me in the predominately white-male spaces of the 20th and early 21st century media.  

I embraced my calling with passion and dedication:  to be a voice for the voiceless.  

 After almost 20 years of reporting, editing and later opining the daily news, I received new marching orders from the Divine. My season in newspapers was fruitful but temporal. I had  broken a glass ceiling, establishing myself as the first African American and first Black woman editorial page editor at my hometown newspaper. 

From there, I joined the editorial board of a leading Connecticut newspaper as a writer. Upon the dawn of the new century,  I packed my pen and toolbox and carried them into leadership roles in the worlds of nonprofits and   philanthropy.  

These, and many more, are the experiences, wisdom and tools, I bring to my business and ministry. I founded  Davenport Coaching Solutions in 2014 to work with leaders and organizations seeking to have greater impact and power in achieving their missions and goals.