About Me

I’m Keema, also known as GrandmaGoneWild.

I’m a Christian woman, mother of two, grandmother of nine, entrepreneur, content creator, golfer, aspiring actress, family historian, and someone who strongly believes that life does not stop at 60. In many ways, this chapter of my life has been a complete rebuilding season. After decades of business ownership, raising a family, navigating setbacks, and helping other people build their dreams, I’ve found myself rediscovering old passions, exploring new opportunities, and stepping into parts of life I never imagined for myself years ago.

Faith, family, resilience, curiosity, and reinvention shape almost everything I do.

I’ve spent more than 30 years building and operating businesses across multiple industries. I owned a national financial aid consulting firm that worked with colleges and universities throughout the country, from small vocational schools to large public institutions and private universities, including NYU. Later, my daughter and I built a Black-owned natural parenting retail business and product line that grew into one of the largest of its kind in the United States before industry shifts and COVID eventually forced the business to close. Today, we continue working together as business partners through The ECS Firm, where we provide consulting, strategy, grant development, organizational support, and business services.

Like many people, I’ve experienced seasons where I had to completely regroup and rebuild. I no longer see rebuilding as failure. I see it as part of growth. Sometimes life pushes you into a new chapter whether you planned for it or not.

Over the past several years, I also found an entirely new lane through social media. What began as casually sharing pieces of my life evolved into a large and highly engaged platform centered around Black history, genealogy, family storytelling, vintage photographs, culture, humor, and life experience. I eventually realized that I had unintentionally become the historian of my family. Today, I have thousands of old family photographs, most of them predating the 1970s, with some going back as far as 1910.

Researching my family history changed me. I began identifying relatives through old photographs, funeral programs, obituaries, records, conversations, and context clues. As I shared those discoveries online through GrandmaGoneWild, people connected deeply with the stories, the photographs, and the emotions tied to preserving family history before it disappears. That journey eventually led me to create my guide, What I Didn’t Ask, which helps people preserve the stories, names, memories, and history within their own families before it is too late.

I’m also the creator and host of 3 Minutes with Keema, a short-form interview series featuring conversations with entertainers, entrepreneurs, community voices, and people with meaningful life experiences and stories worth sharing. The series grew naturally out of the conversations and connections I was already building through GrandmaGoneWild and reflects my love for storytelling, perspective, and authentic human connection.

Another major part of my life is golf. What started as learning a new sport eventually became a passion and a source of friendship, confidence, travel, and personal growth. In 2023, I founded DFW Elite Golf League, a growing co-ed golf community created to make the game feel more welcoming, accessible, and enjoyable for beginners, returning golfers, and experienced players alike.

In recent years, I’ve also begun exploring opportunities in media and entertainment. I’ve appeared as a contestant or participant on productions including Squid Game: The Challenge, The Montel Williams Show, The Newlywed Game, Supermarket Sweep twice, and You Bet Your Life with Jay Leno. In addition to those appearances, I’ve also worked background roles on several productions in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Being on sets and working in production environments introduced me to a completely different side of the entertainment industry and deepened my appreciation for the people behind the scenes who keep everything organized and moving.

Outside of business and media, I’m passionate about healthy living, honoring the earth through the way we live and care for ourselves, travel, family, storytelling, and continuing to grow mentally, spiritually, and creatively. I believe in living as consciously and intentionally as possible while still allowing room for joy, humor, curiosity, and reinvention.

GrandmaGoneWild is not a character or a marketing persona. It reflects the way I’ve chosen to move through this stage of life: honestly, boldly, creatively, and without shrinking myself because of age or other people’s expectations.

This chapter of my life is still unfolding, and I’m open to where it leads next.