Mother, Minister, Motivational Speaker, Author, Philanthropist, Financial Empowerment Advocate, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Activist, Farmer, Artist…
Inspiring everyone, empowering women, uplifting men.
Kesha Cobb was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. The middleborn of triplets, she also has a set of twin brothers and two sisters. She became an entrepreneur in Dallas, Texas in 2002 where she owned a salon for more than 10 years. After launching a marketing company for small businesses, she developed a passion for establishing sustainable practices by way of urban agriculture and community development projects. She is now fulfilling that goal after founding a non-profit organization, The Sustainability Project with the mission of promoting health, wellness, and sustainability, through community development and urban agriculture models. She is a USDA registered Urban Farmer and helps others establish urban farms for socioeconomic empowerment. Home ownership for the less fortunate is also a passion of hers after being "at threat of homelessness" and then becoming a homeowner free and clear in 2017. Kesha launched the 'Sustainable Home' movement, as a project through the non-profit, to help create more home owners in low income communities. After receiving her BA in Entrepreneurial Studies, she is currently studying for her MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
In 2020 a working group was birthed with like minded black women who wanted to break the dirty glass ceiling into agriculture. This led to the birth of Black Women in Ag, a nationwide advocacy organization for black women in agriculture. In 2022 she founded the National Women in Agriculture - Arkansas chapter, as the first and only agriculture organization for black women in the state. Seeing the need for more Black people to enter the industry of agriculture and help secure food, fiber, and fuel for not only the Black communities but the world, she and her team launched BLACKAG. It encompasses all things Black Agriculture and educates, uplifts, and provides access to opportunity for Black Women, Men and Youth.
Dedicated to promoting physical and mental health and wellness, she enjoys exploring her talents in singing, dancing, writing, painting and cooking. Her hobbies include gardening, carpentry, vlogging, and exploring the beauty in nature. Her next big project? Looking forward to the release of her first books about personally beating type 2 diabetes with diet and lifestyle change, and her story of adoption. Fun facts: she is an HBCU Queen and in her spare time she is learning to play the guitar. She will always be dedicated to educating women and men about cervical cancer and other diseases that plague our communities and how to prevent them. After losing her triplet sister to the disease in September of 2017, she vows to help save others' lives in her sister's name.
Kesha will continue to spearhead programs in partnership with other non profit organizations and community groups that serve in innovative ways and spur economic growth for those in need.