Vivian Washington Filer, a retired Professor of Nursing from Santa Fe Community College, has spent many years in public service. She currently chairs the East Gainesville Redevelopment Advisory Board, The Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center Restoration and Preservation Board as well as several other community based boards, church auxiliaries, and not for profit organizations. Mrs. Filer has been referred to as a Community Activist but she considers the best part of her life as that of wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, godmother, aunt, nurse, friend and mentor. Vivian has spent many years as a storyteller and a singer. As a storyteller, Vivian has taken her brand of entertainment into several states and to many cities within the state of Florida.