Many in the mainstream have come to love and respect Michaela Angela Davis. The always insightful and thought provoking intellectual, is among other things, a commentator on CNN. Here are some other tidbits on the woman with the beautiful mane.

-She was raised in Washington D.C but was born in Germany

-If you didn’t already guess, she’s an army brat

-Her mother was convinced while pregnant, opting to name her unknown child Michael Angelo but when he turned out to be she the name was changed to Michaela Angela.

-Is a NYU grad

-Love this quote by her. [When speaking about colorism]

“There’s no privilege to me to walk into a room full of sisters and I automatically get set apart. There’s no privilege in knowing that a man is checking you just because your light-skinned, I’ve had that experience before and it’s wack. Anything that tears us apart as sisters, there’s no privilege in, we have equal pain, it’s just different and has been processed and presented to us in different ways.”