Collections by Michelle Brown Blog Radio WSG Dr. Enchante Franklin

Born and raised in New Orleans, LA Dr, Enchante Franklin is a Forensic Social Work Consultant, Community Advocate, and Author. She is dedicated to the art of prose, storytelling, and poetry through the lens of resilience. ´She served five years as a New Orleans Police Officer during and after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

She earned a Bachelor in Social Work from Southern University at New Orleans and received her two Master’s degrees at Southern University in New Orleans. She received her Doctoral degree in Philosophy at the Whitney M. Young Jr., School of Social Work at Clark Atlanta University. She did all of this while caring for her mother and grandmother.

She is the author of The Blue Lotus Flower which tells her story of resilience-pushing through the traumas of an impoverished, flooded city, facing childhood pain and community violence in the central city of New Orleans. She is dedicated to the art of prose, storytelling, and poetry through the lens of resilience.

She currently is Assistant Professor of Social Work College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of the Virgin Islands and CEO of EnchantedLinks Consulting Firm LLC., a multi-social services consulting firm.

After the deaths of her Mother and Grandmother, she began thinking about caregiving and life beyond grief. She shares information and tips from her workshops “Giving the Self Love Energy While Caregiving – The Resilient Women of Color”