Marquita Burke-DeJesus

Marquita Burke De Jesus is described by friends as a lover of passionate justice, unbridled beauty, and unfiltered sarcasm. She breathed her first breath in sunny Los Angeles, California but spent most of her life in the stickiness of Houston, Texas. She travels extensively speaking on the subject of advocacy, arts, and justice. In 2012, she founded the Silence the Violence campaign, a movement that focuses on abuse education and prevention. When she isn’t writing or speaking, you can find Marquita rehearsing with her dance company or struggling to update her 1940s cottage located in Mckinney’s Historic District with husband Daniel, and daughters Emmy and Elle. Radically Ordinary is her first book.

You can follow the work that Marquita is doing at: silencetheviolencenow.org