Rita Williams-Garcia

She was born in Queens, New York on April 13, 1957. She says that her mother Miss Essie named her ‘NoMo’ immediately after her birth. Even though she was her last child, she took her time making up her appearance to the world. Now she says that she likes to believe that she was dreaming up a good story and wouldn’t budge until she was finished. She says that today her daughters call her Pokey Mom because she is constantly being a slow poke when they want to go go go.