Dr. Gloria Walker was born in Alexandria, Louisiana. She lived in the low-income housing projects with her mother, father, and brother. Her mother put her in activities such as the 4-H Club, Girl Scouts and allowed her to attend youth meetings in the community center where they lived; those things provided opportunities for her to go camping and explore different environments. Being a part of those activities, and seeing her older brother graduate, led her to have the desire to want to finish high school. Due to her mother's passing in 1983, Gloria relocated to San Francisco, CA, to live with her maternal family. Gloria finished high school in 1988, not believing she could go to college and succeed; she became a single mother at 19. She decided to enroll in John Adams for their Medical Assisting program. After a year in the program, she received her Medical Terminology I & II Certificates. Aspiring for more, she enrolled in City College of San Francisco and earned an A.A. in Child Psychology. She obtained her B.A. in Humanities and Education at New College of California, her M.A. in Education and Teacher Leadership at the University of Phoenix. She finished her Doctorate in Education and Organizational Leadership at Northcentral University in April 2020. Dr. Gloria Walker is a Business Owner, Poetry Writer, and a Self-Published Author. She has been writing poetry since 2001. In 2018, she penned her sexual abuse story, "And the Truth Has Set Me Free." Dr. Walker's motto is: "Don't be defined by what you can't do or don't know. That doesn't make you any less of a person; you can learn!" If there is anything you can learn from Dr. Walker's life lesson, let it be never give up and keep going until you reach that goal.