Terésa Dowell-Vest is the founder of Diva Blue Productions & Publications and is a Professor of Communications at Prince George’s Community College in the DC metro area. Terésa is currently a Visiting Professor for the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia. Her course there is entitled, “From the Drinking Gourd to #BlackTwitter: Social Communication for Social Change” Terésa is a three time Geoffrey Award (Santa Monica Theatre Guild) winning director and a NAACP Theater Award nominee. Terésa currently resides in Washington, DC.