Keesha Mayes describes her life as A Miracle Unfolding. Keesha has faced many challenges in her life. Her first true step out on faith began when she left her abusive home at fifteen years old. She spent two years living in foster homes, and shelters, finally settling at the Children’s Center groups home in Connecticut. Just as she was about to graduate from high school and enter her first year of college, Keesha was diagnosed with System Lupus, Sjogren’s Syndrome, ITP, and Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Not fully realizing her personal power and inherent gifts and talents, Keesha struggled with homeless and serious bouts with her Lupus. She dropped out of college in her final year, got married gave birth to three children and took minimal jobs that did not challenge or inspire her.
Seven years old, Keesha’s life changed. She was face to face with a serious flare-up with her Lupus, and had to under go a year of Pulse Therapy (I.V. treatments of steroids and chemotherapy). Keesha felt her life was over at twenty seven. Her health was rapidly deteriorating, and her dreams of health and success was slipping away from her.
One evening before her final round of Pulse Therapy treatments, Keesha had a powerful dream. She dreamt of a beautiful woman coming to speak with her. This woman spoke of love and strength and health for Keesha. This woman told Keesha that she had many gifts to give and receive, but she had to want to live. Today, Keesha believes that the woman that appeared in her dream was her highest self in spirit, asking her to fight for her life. Keesha took that dream and went on to transform her life!
In seven short years, Keesha went on to create the Healthy Divas, the most successful women’s empowerment group in the Connecticut Lower Naugatuck Valley, with 400 registered women and the Divas Sanas, a women’s empowerment group for Latinas. She won thousands of dollars in grant funding, and had the privilege to work along side scientists at Yale University School of Public Health and Epidemiology, co-authoring with them a Breast Cancer intervention research study for African American Women.
