Doris A. Bourgeois Turner is a native of Jeanerette, Louisiana. She is an active member of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church of Orlando, Florida. She serves as president of the Mt. Sinai Ministers' Wives and Widows Ministry. She is a certified dean of Christian Education and a certified instructor under the auspices of the National Baptist Convention Sunday School Publishing Board (SSPB). She is a grief counseling specialist and has conducted grief groups through the West Coast Association and the Congress of Christian Education, and has also served as assistant dean of the Congress. She holds a master's in social work from the State University of New York at Albany School of Social Welfare, and a Master of Science in Community Mental Health Counseling, Long Island University C. W. Post Center. She is the author of Kept: A Commentary on God's Providential Care in the Journey of a Plantation Girl. She is a Servant Leader and disciple of Christ.