Keisha D came up in Hollywood church and gospel, then made Palm Springs home. In 2008 she walked into McCallum Theatre Open Call and left with Best Vocals. The valley has not let her off the stage since.

Walk of Stars, star 438. Desert Theatre League Lifetime Achievement. Coachella Valley Music Awards ICON. Scholarship work through Palm Springs Unified for students going into music and performing arts — she got her own start the same way, at Azusa Pacific.

Theatre roles in the valley include the Acid Queen in Tommy, Motor Mouth Mabel in Hairspray, and the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella. On the bandstand she is Hearts of Soul: Tina, Chaka, Journey, Gloria, the book that fills a room.