Daughters of Creative Sound: back row: Sandra Williams-Bush, Yvonne Harris, Janice Jones-Holley, & Grace Turner; front row: Karima Amin, Sharon Jordan Holley, Lyne Westbrook, & Denise Chapman-Acosta.

Karima Amin is a retired teacher, children's author (The Adventures of Brer Rabbit and Friends), and longtime Writer-in-Education with Just Buffalo Literary Center. Her stories have been anthologized in African American Children's Stories: A Treasury of Tradition and Pride, My First Treasury: Grandma Loves You, and Sayin' Somethin'. She has earned storytelling honors from the Parents Choice Foundation, Storytelling World magazine, and the National Association of Black Storytellers. She is a co-founder of Spin-A-Storytellers of WNY and Tradition Keepers: Black Storytellers of WNY, in addition to Daughters of Creative Sound. She shared stories on local radio for a decade. As a social justice advocate, Karima writes a monthly column for two local papers, Buffalo Criterion and Challenger Community News.

Denise Chapman-Acosta has been employed by the Buffalo Public Schools as an educator for over 25 years. As a Buffalo Jills cheerleader in the 1990s, she had the privilege of cheering at three Super Bowls. Currently, Denise is a praise dance choreographer, praise dancer, lyrical dancer, and djembe drummer/performer with Daughters of Creative Sound, a women's drum and percussion ensemble. As a storyteller, she performs as a solo artist as well as with Tradition Keepers: Black Storytellers of WNY. She has had the opportunity and honor to present an inspirational program to the employees of the Department of Homeland Security (Buffalo Field Office), which included a speech, storytelling, drumming, and praise dancing.

Sharon Jordan Holley is a storyteller and retired librarian. Her storytelling experience has taken her throughout Western New York and to many other areas of the country. Her stories have been anthologized in Talk that Talk: An Anthology of African American Storytelling, The African American Book of Values, Many Voices: True Tales from America's Past, and Sayin' Somethin': Stories from the National Association of Black Storytellers. Sharon holds membership in Tradition Keepers: Black Storytellers of WNY, Spin-A-Story Tellers, National Storytelling Network, and the National Association of Black Storytellers, Inc. In addition, she is a percussionist with Daughters of Creative Sound and serves on several community boards. She and her husband Kenneth are the owners of Zawadi Books where she is establishing a Storytelling Resource Center.