Biography
Brady-Davis was born in Omaha,Nebraska, [1] and was in foster care as a toddler. [3] [1] At age five,she moved in with her grandfather and his wife. [3] [1] In high school,she started to explore her identity. [3] [1]
Brady-Davis attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. [1] While living in Lincoln,Nebraska,she began performing drag using the name "Precious Jewel". [1] She later transferred to Columbia College Chicago. [1] While in Chicago,she came out as gay. [3] [1] Living in Boystown,she made a name for herself as a performance artist. [3] She launched a US$1.6 million dollar CDC HIV Prevention program at Chicago's Center on Halsted,an LGBT community center. [4] [3] [1] There,she was also a mentor of LGBT teens. [3]
She and her husband Myles Brady-Davis had a baby girl in 2019. [3] They became the first transgender couple to have their gender identities listed correctly on an Illinois birth certificate. [3] [5] They live in Hyde Park. [3] She currently works as a Chief Strategy Officer at the Center on Halsted and is on the Board of Commissioners at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. She is also a nationally-known speaker and activist. [6] [3] [1]
In July 2023,she became the first black trans woman to be appointed to a commissioner position at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. [7]
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