Told as a little girl that she would "never be college material," she beat the odds by earning a Ph.D. in Sociology. Recognized as the sensitive no-nonsense host and co-executive producer of her own nationally syndicated TV talk show, "The Bertice Berry Show," she is also the critically-acclaimed author of (I'm On My Way, But Your Foot is on My Head, an autobiographical motivational memoir, and her current first work of fiction, Redemption Song, praised by USA Today as ""funny and entertaining but also enlightening." She has been a frequent guest on such TV programs as "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," and "B.E.T. Tonight" with Tavis Smiley. She has "sparred" with Evander Holyfield, got Carol Channing to admit how she really felt about Marilyn Monroe, and made O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden laugh. Probably the best description of Bertice comes from her guests: smart?with a heart. As an educator at Kent State, a student remarked that she "makes you laugh so hard you don't realize that you are thinking and changing!"
Dr. Bertice Berry