- Was a Philadelphia public school employee for almost 50 years.
- Was a Modern, Jazz and Hip-Hop Instructor for the Chester Fine Arts Center in Pennsylvania.
- Davis' CAPA Dance Company participated in the National High School Dance Festival for many years. Her dancers have always won many scholarships to colleges and universities as well as exclusive spots in intensive dance programs.
- Held a bachelor's degree in music education from The Philadelphia Musical Academy (now the University of the Arts).
- Her dance students landed positions in renowned dance companies such as Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, American Ballet Theatre, Eleone Dance Theatre and Philadanco.
- Taught tap classes at Swarthmore College for several years.
- Founding faculty member of the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) and has been an instrumental dance instructor since the school opened in 1978.
- Began her career teaching music at Philadelphia's now defunct Bartlett Junior High School starting in 1965 through 1978.
- Served on the Steering Committee for Dance & Theater Certification for Teachers and the Pennsylvania Arts Education Council.
- Worked in professional theater as well on Broadway. Davis performed with such notables as the legendary Josephine Baker, Pearl Bailey, Natalie Cole, Billie Dee Williams, Danny Thomas, Jamie Farr, Alan King, Jimmy Walker and Gregory Hines.
- Choreograpged commercial spots for the American Red Cross Association, as well as for Ponderosa Restaurants, Sesame Place, Action News, Visions, New York Communications and Kroger Financial Center - Midwest Stations.
- In 2007 she was nominated for a Grammy, along with co-producer Ira Tucker Jr., for the Dixie Hummingbirds' CD, "Still It Keeping Real: Last Man Standing".
- Choreographer for the WPVI-TV Thanksgiving Day Parade and Washington's Cherry Blossom Parades for several years.
- Was Choreographer-in-Residence for the Ritz Theater of Oaklyn, New Jersey's 2002 Summer Stock production of Bye, Bye, Birdie and was asked back to be guest co-choreographer for their Fall presentation of "Annie Get Your Gun.".
- Served two consecutive terms as president of the Board of Directors for Joan Meyers Brown's Philadanco.
- Choreographed the Clevemore Fancy Brigade for the Philadelphia Mummer's Parade.
- Many of her students started their own dance companies, i.e., Leon Evans and Jaye Allison - Leja Dance Theatre; Shawn Lamere Williams - Eleone Dance Theatre; Bernard Gaddis - Las Vegas Modern Dance Repertory Theatre and Michael Susten - Xhale Dance Company.
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