Denise was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1960. She received her GED from Olive-Harvey College in 1993. She graduated from National Louis University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Behavior. In 2009 she graduated from Spertus College earning her Master of Science Degree in Nonprofit Management with a concentration in Human Service Administration. She is a certified Addiction and HIV/AIDS Counselor. At the age of eleven, her mother introduced her to an environment overridden with drugs, sex and crime. By age twelve, Denise was shooting heroin and committing burglary and auto theft in o...