Born & raised in Chicago, she attended Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston, Illinois from January 1964 through June, 1966.
Leaving the academic world by choice, she joined the corporate world for thirty years. Twenty three years and has worked with Continental Airline-first as a flight attendant, then as a supervisor of flight attendants, and sixteen in Sales & Marketing. After leaving the airline industry Ahuva started her y own travel agency called DG Travel. She parlayed her experience as a stewardess and staff supervisor for Continental Airlines into a travel agency specializing in group tours to Israel, Egypt and Greece.
Ahuva served as a Christian minister in the African American community both in Chicago and Los Angeles for fourteen years. She left that world in 1996 to fulfill my spiritual yearnings and to become a Jew.
After visiting Israel fourteen times in five years, Ahuva presented herself before the Jerusalem Beis Din-rabbinical court- as a candidate for conversion to Judaism. Her halachic conversion process took two years.
Ahuva identifies herself with the Charedi-traditional Orthodox-community and since 1996 lives her daily life according to the mitzvots of the Torah. She presently reside in Bayit V'gan, Jerusalem and prays at the Gra shul every Shabbath & festivals.
Her Jerusalem neighborhood is far from her grandparent's & parents roots in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, but close in spirit to the sentiments of her loving family. She still maintains a close relationship with the surviving members of her family. It has been her privilege to meet many fascinating people from all walks of life. They have influenced her appreciation for the world at large, and for the innate dignity of the human soul.
Ahuva’s autobiography, My Sister the Jew, was published by Targum/Feldheim in 2001. Gifts of a Stranger, her second book an anthology of her travels was published by Targum/Feldheim in 2004.
She taught a tephillah-prayer- class at "Michlalet Esther", a division of Neve Yerushalayim (a women's seminary in Israel) and has traveled around the world as a speaker on behalf of her book, recently speaking at Oxford University.
In terms of professional work, she is author, lecturer and tour guide. Recently started a small business in Israel as a marketing consultant for small businesses. In addition, she specializes in motivational seminars, as well as in workshops focusing on prayer, inspiration and career objectives. And also available for ghost writing and editing.