Deborah Sara Santana (born January 30, 1951) is an activist for peace and social justice for women and people of colour, leaders and writers. She is the ex-wife of musician Carlos Santana.
Santana is the daughter of blues musicians Saunders King and Joe Francis King (Nee Willis).
Santana graduated from the California Institute for Integrated Studies and she holds her master’s degree in the arts of philosophy and religion with a focus on female spirituality.
She was Vice President and COO of Santana Management from 1994 to 2007, helping manage her husband’s band.
Santana founded Do a Little in 2008; it is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering girls and women from underprivileged backgrounds.
Additionally, Santana has held trustee positions at the Smithsonian Institution and ANSA (Artists for a New South Africa).
She is a member of the Advisory Committee and a First Century Leader of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative.
She serves on the board of the Violence Intervention program in Los Angeles.
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture counts Santana among its first donors.
Santana’s memoir, Space Between the Stars: My Journey to an Open Heart, which she wrote in 2005, describes her marriage to Carlos and mixed background as the daughter of African American and Caucasian parents.
The collection of poems and short tales by 69 women of color, All the Women in My Family Sing: Women Write the World: Essays on Equality, Justice, and Freedom (Nothing But the Truth So Help Me God), was edited and co-published by Santana in 2018.
She has also contributed to the anthologies 20 Years – Chokecherries Anniversary Edition, Nothing But the Truth So Help Me God, Life Moments for Women, and Tutu As I Know Him: On a Personal Note (2006).
Santana is listed as a producer on the five-short documentary Daraja Academy, which focuses on the charity partners of South Africa and is a free boarding school in Kenya.
Who is Carlos Santana ex-wife Deborah Santana?
Barbara Rick, an actress who has won an Emmy Award, directed four of those movies. Santana continues to provide financial assistance for the Daraja Academy while leveraging celebrities to increase public awareness.
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