Denisha L. Price was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, IL. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Law Enforcement & Administration with a minor in Security Management from Western Illinois University. She also received a Masters in Sports Management. In 2014 she worked for the State of Illinois as a Juvenile Justice Specialist/Correctional Officer and saw the need for additional community improvement programming in the Chicagoland area. In 2015, she began living out her dream as a Chicago Police Officer. Mental health became a huge focal point in Denisha’s life during 2018 while embarking on her own wellness journey. She saw first hand through her own struggles just how important mental wellness really was in her life. Denisha founded Authentic Praise Ministry Inc. aspiring to meet the spiritual, social, and physical needs of members of Chicago’s underserved and underrepresented communities. She vows to push the importance of mental health to the forefront until the stigma is shattered.