
Mays and Davids decided to show Davids getting in trouble at school for talking too much Davids being questioned by people who were uncertain about her ethnicity and Davids working service industry jobs to put herself through community college and later Cornell Law School. The book tells the story of Davids, who is Native American, growing up and eventually finding the path that led her to Congress.

So, Davids and a friend, Kansas City writer Nancy Mays, wrote a children’s book called Sharice’s Big Voice.

Congresswoman from Kansas' 3rd District says. “I think a lot of us know what it’s like to feel like our voice isn’t heard, to feel like maybe our experience isn’t valid, or to just want to see other people who understand,” the U.S. Representative Sharice Davids has a message for children: Everyone’s voice is important and everyone’s path is different.
