Desirea has been tattooing since 2002, she made her start serving her apprenticeship at Visionquest Tattoos in Marengo under the tutelage of Pamm. Not long after, the doors of Visionquest would be closed forever. In 2004, Khalid asked her to join A51 Tattoos. Since Desirea had a similar training regimen, she was a perfect fit for the type of studio Khalid was trying to put together. It has been a great meeting of minds and the years have seemed to fly by way too fast.