Writer

A California native, Mignette Patrick Dorsey is an author, teacher and former journalist. Her book, Speak Truth to Power, the Story of Charles Patrick, a Civil Rights Pioneer, won the Calvin Smith Book Award, as well as the Lone Star College System Published Writing Award. She began her journalism career as a staff reporter for Houston Community Newspapers, and later the Houston Post where she won the Aldo and Atrium awards for fashion feature stories. After the demise of the Post, she worked freelance and on contract for the Houston Chronicle. She left to enter the world of public relations as a city of Houston spokesperson, followed by a career as a high school Journalism and developmental Reading educator. She currently teaches writing courses at a Houston-area community college. Dorsey earned an M.A. and B.A. in English Literature from the University of Houston.