Dr. Kanesha Davis Waites

MRS. PLUS AMERICA 2012

Dr. Kanesha Davis Waites, Mrs. Plus America 2012, currently resides in Glenn Heights, Texas and is very active in her community and school district.  She commenced her educational career at the University of Prairie View A&M where she studied and received her bachelors degree with honors in the field of Psychology with a minor in Computer Engineering Technology.  One year later Dr. Waites completed her masters’ degree in Marriage and Family Therapy.  After receiving her masters’ degree she was accepted into Argosy University Dallas School of Psychology where she pursued her doctorates degree in Clinical Psychology. 

Through a phenomenal turn of events Dr. Waites directed her energy and passion towards volunteering her time to adolescents in a rural school district.  With an optimistic outlook on her career she knew that her passion was greater than the expected outcome.  By the second month of volunteering her services Dr. Waites was afforded the opportunity to enhance her skills and abilities as an educator and therapist through a chain of events.  From volunteering to creating small groups for at risk students struggling with emotional, academic and leadership qualities lead her to pursue a career in the special education department as the district’s behavior specialist.  After many years of arduous work Dr. Waites was prepared for the challenges that she gracefully masters as an educator, clinical psychologist and developer of future leaders.  

As the behavior specialist, Dr. Waites continued to challenge her goals and redefine her passion in life.  After six years of being doubted and told that she could never pursue her dreams within a school district, Dr. Waites continues to mold and create everlasting impressions on the lives of others.  She has dedicated her endless service to children and their parents who deserve the very best.  Dr. Waites plans to use her title to raise awareness of strengthening families and eliminating the stigma of mental health in the African American community while edifying women of equity to embrace their beauty both inside and out.

Dr. Waites’ mission and reign as Mrs. Plus America 2012 will consist of working closely with each family to provide them with an opportunity to fulfill their purpose in life.  She will also model and teach women of equity how to unconditionally and willingly embrace their curves and experience in being apart of today’s society. 

Dr. Kanesha Davis Waites can be contacted at MrsPlusAmerica2012@yahoo.com, Facebook: www.Facebook.com/MrsPlusAmerica