Diane Faison performs in "The Spirit of Harriet Tubman" for public and private schools, colleges and universities, churches, and retirement homes.

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Diane Faison studied the life of Harriet Tubman and has written and performed a one-woman play about the leader of the Underground Railroad. For these performances, Ms. Faison received a grant from the Winston-Salem Arts Council to perform in retirement homes with high Medicaid populations as well as a Wells Fargo Grant in Education to perform in middle schools throughout the Winston-Salem Forsyth county school district. She has performed or will perform at Salem College, Shaw University, Meredith College, Guilford College, and Longwood University..

Diane is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She is a 1963 graduate of the Atkins High School in Winston-Salem, which is now known as Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy.
Ms. Faison received her bachelor of arts in art appreciation from North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina in 1968. She attended graduate courses at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia and University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Ms. Faison has taught art and art education for over 25 years at public and private schools in Virginia and North Carolina.

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She has received grants and funding from the Winston-Salem Arts council, The Alamance Arts Council and Puffin Education.