Constance Davenport wears is the proud co owner of Creswell’s 6th street based Spa at Waterloo.
Operating alongside her sister and business partner Gabrielle, the business caters to clients from across the East and helps them look and feel their best.
The daughter of Horace and Denise Woodley, Constance was born and raised in Creswell. However, unlike many of her peers, she would attend Cabin Swamp Christian Academy from kindergarten until 7th grade, later finishing up her schooling at Columbia High School.
During these formative years, Davenport cultivated a desire and passion for helping others. So much so that she decided early on to one day join the medical industry in some capacity.
“I’ve always been passionate about helping people, specifically where healthcare is concerned,” she explains. “So that’s where I tried to put all my energy early on.”
As such she was able to graduate with a CNA certificate, something that allowed her to jump straight into healthcare even as a college student.
After graduating from CHS in 2000, Davenport initially attended Pitt Community College and would later obtain her degree in Medical Assisting from Lenore Community College in 2005.
During her studies she put her CNA certificate to work all while looking to take her career to higher heights.
“I went into Home Health and started working for a podiatry office when I was still in school getting my degree in medical assisting,“ she recalls. “After I graduated, I left podiatry and went into cardiology…I did that until I met my husband David, got married and moved back to Creswell.”
From here Davenport would go on to flex her skills in a number of medical disciplines in Greenville.
“I worked in a number of areas, I worked in podiatry, cardiology, gastroenterology, the emergency department…so I’ve worked in the healthcare system really since 2001,” she says.
However, as she had resettled and started her family in Creswell, the commute to work in Greenville began to take its toll.
“At the time, I had moved back to Creswell and I had started working in gastroenterology but driving back-and-forth was just a little too much for me with everything I had going on at the time,” she says.
This period would be one of profound transition for Davenport, who credits God for an unusual pivot in her career that changed the course of her life.
“I credit God for this next part, because I don’t know why I decided to do what I did next,” she says. “Before then, I had never thought about doing massage therapy in my entire life. There was a school right down the road from the office that I worked at, so, I just walked in there one day and signed up. Just like that, I was back in school for massage therapy.”
Naturally, she adds that such a shift came as a surprise to those closest to her.
“I came home and told David, “I don’t know what I’ve just done,” she laughs. “But he was very supportive of everything and fortunately, it was only a two year program…I already had all of my prerequisites so I was able to finish that program within a year’s time…I went to school during the day and worked in emergency department in Edenton by night...”
