Joyce Mosley

Joyce Mosley was born in Chester, Pennsylvania.  Her mother was a teacher from Darby, PA and he father was an instructor, born in Scranton, PA. The oldest of five children, Joyce grew up in Ardmore, PA and graduated from the Lower Merion High School.  Joyce attended Widener University earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business. In her professional career, Joyce worked thirty years in the employee benefits and human resources field with three international companies.

Joyce describes her most significant life accomplishment as adopting her son as one of the first single-parent adoptions in Pennsylvania.  She has three grandsons. Joyce has been honored as the Adoptive Mother of the Year, Outstanding Volunteer of the Year, and Church Trustee of the Year. She is her family’s historian and has led genealogical workshops helping others learn how to organize information when searching for their African American family lineages.

Joyce is also a member of the Colonial Daughters of the 17th Century, the Society of Founding Families of New Jersey, The Society of Founding Families of Pennsylvania, African-American Genealogy Group, and the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage.

Joyce is the author of Gram’s Gift, a children’s book about her family history.  She was featured in a PBS episode  of “Movers and Makers” and her family history was also featured on the PBS Documentary “The Montiers: An American Story“.