Deborah "d2" Dalton is a poet/spoken word artist, domestic and sexual abuse advocate and survivor, currently seeking to poetically share the divine revelations gained while engaged in worship, study, and prayer. She was born in St. Albans, Queens, New York. Being brought up in a military family, she had the opportunity to be raised all over the world. While enrolled in a pre-engineering program at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, she was an active member of the John McLinn Ross Players and performed in the following plays: The River Niger (Wilhelmina Brown) , Tobacco Road (Ada Lester), Othello (Desdemona), A Raisin in the Sun (Beneatha Younger), Aladdin's Lamp (Mother), Fences (Rose Maxson), and The Shadow Box (Beverly). She received an Irene Ryan Acting Award Nomination and an Acting Achievement Award in the Southwest Collegian Regional Competition. She received her degree in Mechanical Engineering from Prairie View A&M University. After working for 15+ years in the construction industry in various project management and design functions, she decided to commit full-time to her calling to engage in ministry. Other Published Works: Becoming Aware, 1998, 2000;A Mother's Solace - Healing Words, 2015; Strawberry Soda Water, A Chapbook, 2024. As a Contributor: The 2017 Poetry Marathon Anthology; The 2019 Poetry Marathon Anthology; The 2020 Poetry Marathon Anthology; The 2021 Poetry Marathon Anthology; The 2022 Poetry Marathon Anthology; DIMEPIECE: Ten Years of CLI Poetry, 2023Read more about this authorRead less about this author