DANIELLE FARVE

MISS BLACK LOUISIANA USA 2005

I was born in 1982 in Sacramento, California to Dr. Debra Farve, an English Professor, and Reynaud Farve, Sr., an environmentalist and wildlife biologist.  My family later moved to Southern California, where we currently live. 

I graduated from St. Lucy’s Priory High School in Glendora, CA in 2000.  I was a member of the Kiwanis community service club and the drama club, and earned bronze and silver medals from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts for the speaking of verse and prose.  I attended Whittier College where I had the amazing opportunity to spend my junior year studying at the Sorbonne!  I graduated in 2004, one full semester early, with a BA in French Language and Literature.

Because my parents are from New Orleans, Louisiana, we have spent many summers and holidays visiting our extensive family in the “Big Easy”.  Needless to say, my little sister and brother and I have each taken a special interest in our family’s home.  For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with the French language, culture, and the hybridization of France and America that Louisiana has borne.  Along with this linguistic-cultural-historic interest came a fascination with my family’s history.  I have 36 cousins, 8 uncles, 2 great-uncles, 4 aunts, and 2 great-aunts in the “Crescent City”!  When I was applying to graduate schools, I decided that it was time that I lived with my extended family in Louisiana.  I was accepted to Tulane University with a full scholarship and a teaching stipend.

I offer my gratitude to God for all of the love, support and opportunities that I have been given by my family and friends during times of trial and triumph.