Idalia was born June 26, 1975, in Mano River Liberia, West Africa. She spent the first 4 years of her life there and then moved to the US with her parents Moses and Berecia, and her younger brother Moses Jr, settling in Illinois. Her baby sister, Equah, came just a few years later. Idalia was raised in a loving but extremely structured household that focused on God, a love for music, and a passion for helping those in need.
Dignify A Diva was born in 2015. The prime focus has been to help women and girls in need with gently loved purses filled with toiletries. The idea is to "Secure the Bag" with hope. Sending a message of dignity, support, and renewed pride to women and girls surviving trauma by providing them with personal items they need in a beautiful new or gently loved purse.
The focus of Dignify a Diva has grown over the years to include continued support, advocacy, awareness, fundraising events, and sponsorship. Today more than ever, the importance of support from one woman to another has become an important component to healing and growth. Starting at an early age, girls treat each other horribly. Dignify A Diva focuses on improving the emotional, physical, and mental well-being of women and girls by striving to uplift and empower them as they battle homelessness, abuse, past/current trauma, lack of self-esteem, and feelings of despair.
The mission is simple. Reconnecting women and girls to their personal strength and dignity to help them achieve a happy and successful life! It may start with gently loved purses filled with toiletries. However, it doesn't have to end there! Purses have been are donated from women all over Georgia TO women all over Georgia and some surrounding states! Each purse is filled with all a woman’s necessities (hygiene and beauty).
Idalia has been blessed with a few honors. The Janita Entertainment Women’s Empowerment Award - 2017. The Journee Entertainment Award - Honoring Excellence Achieving Distinction - 2018. The Real Chicks Rock Award - 2022. She was also crowned Queen 1865 for Juneteenth - June 2018. In 2019, Idalia was published in Voyage ATL.