She began her career as a high school teacher in Brooklyn before attending graduate school in Madison, Wisconsin, where she earned an M.A. in African American Studies. She left graduate school to raise two fantastic children and recently returned to complete her dissertation. Her research focuses on African American poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries, especially book-length or longer forms. Outside of work, Keisha enjoys meditation, kettlebelling, dragon-boat racing and all things Yucatecan.