Meet our Faculty & Instructors

Meet our Faculty & instructors

Psalmist Raine

Founder/President

Founder & President of The ReFresh Institute, Inc. Psalmist Raine also serves on the Empowerment Curriculum Team, building tailor made instruction for this institution of learning all while and instructing Songwriting, Worship Leadership, & Psalmistry Courses.

Lisa reid
PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Becoming one of ReFresh Global's anchors, Lisa Reid serves on the executive team of the ReFresh Global entity as the Program Director. She also serves as one of the founding staff of The ReFresh Institute, Inc.

Darice Robbs
Scholar Admission Advocate

With over 10+ years in the Michigan School Education System (USA), Darice Robbs has had experience with scholars of all walks of life and academic levels. Serving as the admissions advocate for The ReFresh Institute, she assist scholars in deciding and navigating through the empowerment journey of their lives.

Kenyetta Pinkston
Billing Advocate

Kenyetta Pinkston is a lifelong Kentuckian and has gained over 10 years of experience in Church Administration and Finance. Ms. Pinkston currently serves as an Elder at The Gate Church in Lexington, KY, where she oversees the Praise and Worship Team and Finance Ministry and teaches Discipleship Class. She also holds a Master’s Degree of Public Health from Eastern Kentucky University. She is a Public Health Professional with over 15 years of experience. Her experience includes program development, training, grant administration, establishing policies and procedures, developing strategic plans, and developing/monitoring multimillion-dollar budgets. She leads by an Excellent Spirit and enjoys seeing God’s people changed and strengthened through the power of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God.

Worship Arts Academy

Candace Sterling-Davis
INSTRUCTOR

Candace Sterling-Davis, has a BA in Early Childhood Education and a Masters’ in Educational Administration/Principalship. Her passion has always been to inform, educate and to be God’s vehicle to assist in the growth and expansion of knowledge for all ages and genders. This has always been Candace’s passion, which has spilled over into her ability to lead others into the presence of God by example and through education. She is a firm believer that worship is a lifestyle of behavior, attitude and a decision of commitment to God and His Word.

LaJoy Mitchell
INSTRUCTOR

LaJoy Mitchell resides in Milwaukee, WI, and grew up with a love for learning and a strong appreciation for music and the arts. She has received her BA in Communications Studies from Marquette University and a MA in Management from the University of Phoenix. With a background also in education, she's taught at the collegiate level for over 5+ years and finds enjoyment in serving and seeing others develop and grow. LaJoy has been a part of Refresh Global for 1 1/2 years and serves within the worship team, Life Wire, and a faculty member of the Refresh Institute.

Creative Arts Academy

Ivory vaughn
INSTRUCTOR

Ivory a. Vaughn is a minstrel/musician for the last 18 years on keyboard instruments. As Pianist/ organist, ivory has played for some of the best of the best of Chicago; including, Phil Tarver, Issac Tarver , Takaira “ Kiki” Milton , Chantel Vanardo, Shekina Glory Ministry, Ryan booker, One For Christ, Valencia lacy, Joshua’s Troop, DJ Terry Hunter .... and many many more....
Ivory is a member of Refresh Global/Psalmist Raine for the Last few 2 &1/2 years.. a student of Prairie State College for music theory , Ivory strives in excellence in everything he does... and is excited to share his wealth of piano knowledge with all....

Jeanel LeBlanc
INSTRUCTOR

Jeanel LeBlanc graduated from Rutgers University - Mason Gross School of the Arts in 2012 with a B.M. in Music Education with a concentration in Euphonium. She has been singing in church since age 5 and playing instruments since age 14. During her time at Rutgers she was a member of the Kirkpatrick Choir, University Choir, Liberated Gospel Choir and Livingston Theater Company. She has performed professionally in and around NJ and NY, including Off-Broadway. She also taught “Voice for Actors” for the Rutgers Summer Acting Conservatory, and taught middle school choir and general music for two years. She has recently relocated to Chicago and is looking forward to new opportunities in this new city!

Tamia Polk
INSTRUCTOR

A Solutionist with ReFresh Global, Tamia Polk is a vital creative asset to RG as a whole. Tamia serves currently on the ReFresh Kidz team & as the instructor for our Drawing Certification Course. She holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Psychology from the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL.) and has served in the educational field for about 4 years. She is skilled in not only instructing the youth but also in imparting ReFreshing through creative expression. "Drawing is a therapeutic tool for creatives to release...." - Tamia