Selena Brooks

Selena Brooks was born on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, made in Pass Christian and raised in Gulfport. She graduated from Gulfport High School and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of South Alabama and a master’s degree in business administration from Strayer University. She currently serves the Federal Government in a civilian capacity.

As a Mississippi native, Brooks is aware of the negative perceptions and ill-informed commentary at mere mention of the land lost between Louisiana and Alabama, and her goal as a writer is to give a realistic description of the Mississippi experience and its residents through the underexposed positive voice of the African American community that characterized her own Creole heritage and upbringing on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.