Keisha Boles grew up in Farmersville, Texas, until her family moved to McKinney when she was a freshman.

After graduating high school, she received a basketball scholarship to Collin College, where she studied at the McKinney campus and played basketball in Plano until life got in the way. Keisha gave birth to her eldest daughter, C’ne, when she was only 16 years old. She had her second daughter, Tyana, when she was 21 and her son, Jamal, at 22. Keisha moved to Washington state with her husband, who was in the military, and became a single parent in 2003 while living in Washington. She moved back to Texas in 2013.

As a mother, Keisha obviously did a great job since both her daughters have graduated college, and Jamal is currently a junior at UNT majoring in business. Keisha has a deep faith in God which has kept her grounded. Keisha has been a believer since she was 15 and pregnant. Her faith was developed and shaped by her life experiences and is the reason she has survived and flourished.

She is an artist specializing in pencil and ink drawings. In 2016 her artwork was shown at the Community Beer Co in Dallas and The Art in the Atrium. Keisha would love to become able to support herself as a full-time artist eventually. Because of her artistic background, Keisha was especially attracted to the Cotton Groves neighborhood because it is not like every other neighborhood. In addition, she was attracted to the affordability and durability of a Habitat house. She is very appreciative of the container style of construction. One interesting fact is that Cotton Groves is on the same street in McKinney where Keisha grew up.