She went to college at New York University,[2] and studied at the Stella Adler Acting Conservatory, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

[4] Her first assignment was the styling of Anita Hill in preparation for her testimony before Congress for the nomination hearings of Clarence Thomas as a Supreme Court justice.

[8] Davis has worked as a celebrity stylist for people such as Oprah Winfrey, Beyoncé, Prince, Diana Ross, Mary J. Blige and LL Cool J.

[citation needed] Davis executive produced the 2022 Hulu docuseries "The Hair Tales" along with Oprah Winfrey and Tracee Ellis Ross.

[10] It is a culmination of "honest and innovative cross-generational conversations with revolutionary-thinking Black women about disturbing the pain that has burdened or molested our natural exquisite selves".