Daisy Hicks has over 15 years of experience working with “opportunity” youth in the DMV area. She has worked with Youth Build Public Charter School assisting its student population with workforce development and has served as a Supervisory Youth Development Representative with Washington DC’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, where she assisted in training and managing Youth Development Representatives who work with incarcerated youth.

Ms. Hicks has worked closely with the Ward 8 community in Washington, DC to strengthen community relations, develop small business initiatives, and support opportunity youth in rearrangement and workforce training. In addition to her youth development expertise she has also owned and operated a boutique event planning business called Belis Events for over 8 years and was a strategic partner with an event consulting firm called Business Beauties based in Ward 8. Daisy earned a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Health from Bowie State University.