Dessie J. Dantzler
Is a native of Bonita, Louisiana. In 1991, she moved to California after residing in Chicago, Illinois, for many years. She is member of Ward African Methodist Episcopal Church. She is a devoted Christian and dedicated prayer warrior and is also an active member of the Women's Missionary Society where she serves as the worship director. In 2006, she traveled to South Africa with the AME church group on a medical mission in several rural areas.
She served as the AME fifth district missionary prayer team leader, in which, through that experience, she was motivated to write devotionals and prayers for the missionary newsletter. She is a retiree from the medical field after many years of serving and caring for others as a registered nurse and unit manager. She has traveled throughout the world extensively, which includes but is not limited to Jerusalem, Egypt, London, Italy, Spain, New Zealand, Australia, Greece, and others. She is a sister, aunt, blended family mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She lives with her husband in Los Angeles, California.