A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
Mother, with husband Gerald Bell, of daughter Lynlee Julia Bell (b. February 3, 2010).
Singer, pianist, percussionist and marimba player.
Received her bachelor of science degree in agriculture from Arkansas State University in 1991 and received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine.
Miss Missouri 1989.
Raised in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Was first runner-up in the Miss Black Teenage World pageant in 1981.
Veterinarian and talk show host.
First TV hosting job came at St. Louis' NBC affiliate KSDK, and a show called "Show Me St. Louis" in 1995. Six years later, she joined CBS News as a reporter and contributor for The Early Show (1999). She is also a fill-in anchor on the The CBS Morning News (1987) when Michelle Gielan is absent.