Daja M. Rice is a Performing & Teaching Artist. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Performance and Education from North Carolina Central University and her Master of Fine Arts in Acting from University of Georgia. Some of her favorite roles to date have been Effie White in DreamGirls, Claudia Macteer in The Bluest Eye, and Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act. Daja has spent most of her career performing on the stage but also enhancing the personal, professional, and artistic development of youth through the performing arts. She currently holds the position of Theatre Director at Landmark Christian School and runs a mobile program, Rice Performing Arts Camp, which she cofounded with her husband, Jonathan Rice.