CiajDiann Harris, a paralegal and former state law enforcement officer and mental health tech, also worked in journalism as an obit and staff writer for a newspaper. Ciaj (pronounced See-ah-juh) received her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Tiffin University and attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law before being called into ministry.

In 2005, her work was published in “Surviving in the Hour of Darkness: The Health and Wellness of Women of Color and Indigenous Women” edited by G. Sophie Harding, University of Calgary Press and "I Woke Up and Put My Crown On" edited by Rochell D. Hart.