Born into a family of writers and entertainers, Theresa Davis was drawn to the arts. She has expressed her artistic abilities in several mediums. She designed and created Ebony Angels (a line of hand-crafted dolls), Mental Notes (hand-crafted books) and created a clothing line for children. A teacher for over 20 years, she became an expert at using the arts across the curriculum.  



 

In 2002, Theresa joined forces with her mother and brother to form the spoken word performance group MoDaSo (Mother/ Daughter/ Son) and released two music CD's "This is for Family" and "The Uncivil War". She has self-published five collections of poetry Torn, Head Games, Touched, Rock Star Poet, The Truth About Jaguars and her newest release Simon Says.  



Theresa Davis is one of Atlanta's best known performance poets, giving voice to the things that you've been thinking but never could articulate. She has gone on to forge an impressive career as a solo performer, winning poetry slams and featuring at spoken word venues around Atlanta and the nation, as well as leading writing and performance workshops and headlining conferences across the southeast.

 

She is a member of The Word Diversity Collective/Art Amok, ArtsInterface, and Poetry Atlanta.  Theresa Davis has shared the stage with Eve Ensler, Jane Fonda, Pearl Cleage and Doria Roberts in The Vagina Monologues, with Bernice Johnson Reagan (Sweet Honey in the Rock) and recently with Def Poet Jon Goode in their joint production of "Wish You Were Here" at 7 Stages Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. 

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Theresa received a proclamation from the City of Atlanta, making May 22 "Theresa Davis Day", in celebration of her win at The 2011 Woman of the World Poetry Slam representing Atlanta. In 2012 Theresa became the recipient of the Emerging Artists Grant and was the McEver Chair for Georgia Tech University.