Barbara Jean Wilson was born and raised in Flushing, New York. She relocated to Manassas,
VA on December 15, 1995, to accept a Legal Secretary position with a law firm in Washington,
D.C. Within six months of moving to Virginia, not only was Barbara blessed with her first home,
but she was also blessed to find a warm and loving church, First AME Church (“FAME”) of
Manassas, where she would continue to serve the Lord and receive spiritual guidance from
Rev. Ronald A. Boykin, Senior Pastor, and the lovely First Lady, Mrs. Helen Boykin, whom she
looked to as her spiritual parents.
In September 2003, Barbara enrolled at Strayer University in Manassas and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration in June 2008. In August 2004, she began working at Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).
Barbara relocated from Manassas VA to Massaponax, VA in 2004 and moved her church membership from FAME to Mount Hope Baptist Church, where she continues to receive spiritual guidance from Dr. Raymond A. Bell, Jr., Senior Pastor of Mount Hope
Baptist Church.
In 2009, Barbara focused on completing her first book, which she began writing in 2003. Mute But Now I Speak, was completed
in November 2010, and was published on February 15, 2011. She also wrote Blessings After Going Through The Valley, published on September 28, 2020. Barbara is always reminded of the promises of God: Joshua 1:5, 7-9 (NKJV) "No man shall
be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake
you. Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant
commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the
Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all
that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded
you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Barbara currently lives in Massaponax, Virginia with her daughter Tawanna.