Lorice Washington is a name that attracts attention largely because of her connection to one of Hollywood’s most respected actors, Denzel Washington. Yet reducing her story to a family relationship misses the more interesting question: what does a person’s life look like when it develops far from the entertainment spotlight? Publicly available accounts describe Washington as an evangelist, singer, author, and spiritual teacher whose interests have centered on faith, ministry, music, and personal development. The Washington Family and a Mount Vernon Childhood Growing up in Mount Vernon, New York, Washington was part of a family where religion played an important…