Danita S. Gentry was born and raised in St. Louis, MO. She is currently in her senior year at University of Missouri St. Louis. She will be graduating in December in 2023 with her Bachelors of Art in Psychology. From there she will be attending graduate school to obtain her Master of Art in Counseling. She’s an aspiring Licensed Professional Counselor and desires to work towards breaking the stigma in the black community as well as bringing mental health awareness in the faith-based community.

At the age of 24, Danita was close to a nervous breakdown after going through the process of having an abortion alone. Since her recovery, she knew that she was purposed to be an agent to help people through their mental health crisis.

She is a wife, mother of 4, and grandmother of 3, but most of all, she is a daughter of the most high.