Maisha Davis, LCSW-C
Maisha Davis, a native of Baltimore, is driven by her passion for the thriving potential that exists within our communities. For more than twenty years, she has shared key social work abilities with families, youth, communities, human service professionals, and organizations that serve a range of populations. Her experiences include working directly with children living with severe emotional trauma; young people who engage in risk behaviors from high-risk communities; and families and parents in need of supports and improved skills to stabilize and maintain their family units. Additionally, Ms. Davis has experiences in community building and public policy, where she has worked with individuals, funders, private providers, and government agencies to mobilize resources and initiate changes necessary to improve the systems that directly affect the lives of families and children in our communities. Ms. Davis has over ten years’ experience as a social work administrator, focused on developing professionals and programs, arming both with critical tools needed to instill hope and promote healing, in an environment that upholds responsible and accountable stewardship. Today, Ms. Davis is an adjunct professor with the University of Maryland’s School of Social Work, where she enthusiastically trains the field’s budding leaders, from a practice and curriculum-based perspective. Finally, she is a principal leader with Rafiki Consortium, LLC; and her own private practice, Diaspora Healing and Wellness, LLC – where she continues in her mission to create, facilitate, and fortify sustainable programming and practices that are healing for communities and the practitioners who serve them.
