Deanna has worked in the field of education for 20 years, starting out as an African Nova Scotian Student Support Worker in New Glasgow schools. Deanna has been with NSCC for 15 years, as the Student Services Advisor and African Canadian Support at the Pictou Camus. In 2021, Deanna was seconded for a term with NSCC’s Human Rights and Equity Services as an Equity Advisor. As a renowned facilitator and trainer, Deanna has shared her expertise in presenting on EDI topics like Africentric Approaches, Perspectives and Practice, Building an Equity and Inclusion Mindset for Organizational and Social Change, Islam 101, Leading and Lifting as you Climb, and African NS History and Heritage, to thousands of audience members. Deanna is also the co-founder and co-chair of the Black and African Canadian Student Services Professionals division with the Atlantic Association of Colleges and Universities (AACUSS), and volunteers on multiple boards locally and provincially.