Gloria Turner

Gloria Ann Turner loves interacting and connecting with people. She was born and raised in Anne Arundel County. She graduated from Southern High School with honors and received several sports awards: basketball, softball, and cheerleading.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism/Communication from Bowie State University; a Master of Arts Degree in Religious Studies from Howard University, Washington, D.C.; a Master of Divinity from Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.; and a Doctorate of Theology at Chesapeake Bible College and Seminary, Eastern Shore, Maryland.

Her professional career consists of working as a Public Affairs Specialist at National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. for 20 years; and she was an English and Bible teacher at Riverdale Baptist School in Upper Marlboro for 12 years.

Believing in the empowerment of education, she is the founder and president of The Watkins Foundation, an educational and a community outreach program that counsels students to become future achievers. Gloria is also the author of “Living from Faith to Faith,” which is in its second edition and has been widely read by spiritual leaders across America and around the world.

She has been married to Robert for 40 years; they reside in Maryland with her grown children and their family.