Ms. Diane Nesbitt was born and raised in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois and is one of five children.  She was a member of the Douglass Center Drill Team in the 1960s and graduated from Tennessee State University in Nashville.  She was the first in her family to graduate from college.  As a teenager she was a member of St. Luke C.M.E. choir under the leadership of Willie T Summerville. She is a social worker by profession.

Cedric, a 7th grade YMW participant from Franklin Middle School, interviewed Diane Nesbitt in her home on April 30, 2010.  His edited video story will focus on her years at college.