Aventer Gray: A Brief Biography
AVENTER GRAY BIOGRAPHY
EARLY CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD
Aventer Gray, born Aventer Cotton, on December 15, 1981, always stood out. She is the daughter of A Y and Bonnie Cotton and the youngest of four children. Aventer placed first in many pageants and oratorical competitions and sang lead in her church's children's choir. Her leadership was evident throughout her childhood in Dothan, Alabama. God was showing early glimpses of the glory that would later manifest out of this gifted little girl.
This precocious child bloomed into a graceful woman. Aventer graduated with honors from Northview High School and went on to receive her Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree in Cardiopulmonary Science from the prestigious Florida A&M University. Additionally, she earned a Master’s degree in Health Service …show more content…
She began her dance training at age 3 at the Dothan School of Dance, in Alabama; under the directorship of Tracy Solomon, she studied ballet, jazz, modern, pointe, acro, & African. As a teen, she joined the Southeast Alabama Dance Company and Performance Team where she participated for 5 years and collected many awards from the New York City Dance Alliance and Dance Masters of America, Chapter #33.
Aventer, started a teaching apprenticeship at 13, she began her first dance ministry at age 14 "Expressions of Joy", and as a young woman took over a collegiate ministry "Vessels of Virtue," in 2003 at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Tallahassee, FL. In 2005, she co-established a faith-based dance ministry that is still flourishing today. Aventer then continued her teaching and leadership in Atlanta for 6 years at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church while simultaneously delivering conferences, teaching summer camps, dance intensives, and after-school programs around the
EARLY CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD
Aventer Gray, born Aventer Cotton, on December 15, 1981, always stood out. She is the daughter of A Y and Bonnie Cotton and the youngest of four children. Aventer placed first in many pageants and oratorical competitions and sang lead in her church's children's choir. Her leadership was evident throughout her childhood in Dothan, Alabama. God was showing early glimpses of the glory that would later manifest out of this gifted little girl.
This precocious child bloomed into a graceful woman. Aventer graduated with honors from Northview High School and went on to receive her Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree in Cardiopulmonary Science from the prestigious Florida A&M University. Additionally, she earned a Master’s degree in Health Service …show more content…
She began her dance training at age 3 at the Dothan School of Dance, in Alabama; under the directorship of Tracy Solomon, she studied ballet, jazz, modern, pointe, acro, & African. As a teen, she joined the Southeast Alabama Dance Company and Performance Team where she participated for 5 years and collected many awards from the New York City Dance Alliance and Dance Masters of America, Chapter #33.
Aventer, started a teaching apprenticeship at 13, she began her first dance ministry at age 14 "Expressions of Joy", and as a young woman took over a collegiate ministry "Vessels of Virtue," in 2003 at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Tallahassee, FL. In 2005, she co-established a faith-based dance ministry that is still flourishing today. Aventer then continued her teaching and leadership in Atlanta for 6 years at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church while simultaneously delivering conferences, teaching summer camps, dance intensives, and after-school programs around the