Fasaha co-authored the groundbreaking book They Carried Us: The Social Impact of Philadelphia’s Black Women Leaders, published in 2020.
Fasaha co-authored the groundbreaking book They Carried Us: The Social Impact of Philadelphia’s Black Women Leaders, published in 2020. She also founded and directed an independent school, administered a program to link resources of a local university with community needs, served on the board of a national human rights group, and chaired the boards of a child advocacy and a grant makers organization. She is a 22-year veteran of philanthropy and now a principal of Lift Every Voice, LLC. She was awarded a National Science Foundation fellowship, the Art Peters Memorial Fellowship (journalism) and the Temple University Urban Fellowship.
Fasaha M. Traylor
They range from the first black woman known to be born in Philadelphia (1694) who ran a ferry business during colonial times to the woman whose childhood experiences led her to become a surgeon and medical advisor to celebrities.
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