Dorchelle Spence is an author and motivational speaker, lending her voice to topics ranging from self-advocacy and cancer survival to self-worth and the power of shoes.
Her book, Into the Gathering Clouds, is a memoir of survival incorporating faith, friends, and finesse. The novel, No Less Worthy, tells the story of a girl fighting the cycle of abuse and poverty to become a young woman finding her worthiness through strength and perseverance.
Spence earned her MBA from Fogelman College of Business and Economics and is an alumnus of both Leadership Memphis and the New Memphis Institute.
In 2021, Spence was awarded The University of Memphis Journalism and New Media Alumni Association’s Charles Thornton Award for Alumni of the Year. In 2013, The New Tri-State Defender named her a Woman of Excellence. She was recognized in 2003 as one of the Top 40 Under 40 by The Memphis Business Journal and in 2001, she was named one of 50 Women Who Make a Difference by Memphis Woman magazine.
Find out more about Dorchelle Spence at https://www.dorchellespence.com/.
