Zellah Dee
Pensacola, Florida, United States
"See the Vision. Understand the Vision. Be the Vision."
Shaniqua Durant was expected to play basketball all her life. Her mother suggested singing and piano lessons, but she was dead set on ball. That all changed in college when she found her true passion in storytelling. She realized she’d been stuck in her own world and telling stories since childhood. It started with a poem, songs and then novels. She would soon transform by changing her name to “Zellah Dee” to pay homage to her late grandmother and also to write for the world's unheard voices.