I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.

[citation needed] She is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star (PHA) and an Honorary Member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She grew up in Lincoln Heights a suburb of Cincinnati Ohio and in 1960 began her studies at Fisk University in Nashville Tennessee her grandfather's alma mater. and Jones "Gus" Giovanni.

She is currently a distinguiNikki Giovannid professor of English at Virginia Tech. Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. (born June 7 1943) is an American writer commentator activist and educator.