Quincy Howard is a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa with a background in urban planning, community development and disaster recovery. Growing up in Texas, she distanced herself from the Church and was a non-practicing Catholic for most of her life. A late bloomer to her vocation, she returned to her Catholic roots and entered religious life in her late 30s and recently made her final vows, a decade later.

In 2022, Sister Quincy left Washington DC, ending a five-year ministry on Capitol Hill as a lobbyist and policy advocate for underserved populations. She currently lives in southwest Wisconsin and does planning work for her congregation as they transform their motherhouse campus at Sinsinawa Mound.

The Fields of Sinsinawa initiative at Sinsinawa Mound is developing a Farmer-Led Learning Center to demonstrate and share farming practices that promote healthy soils, protect the environment, ensure profitability, and revitalize rural communities.

Sr. Quincy also writes regularly for Global Sisters Report and serves on the board of Opening Doors in Dubuque, Iowa. You can follow her story on Substack at The Q Source.