Antoinette Candia-Bailey

Antoinette "Bonnie" Candia-Bailey (March 12, 1974 – January 8, 2024) was an American academic administrator who served as the vice president for student affairs at Lincoln University of Missouri (a historically black college) in 2023. After she died by suicide early the next year, a national discussion on the treatment of black women in higher education took place.

Life Candia-Bailey was born to Veronica Joyce Candia and Robert Bonner in Chicago.

She completed a B.S. in sociology at Lincoln University in 1998.

Candia-Bailey was the assistant director of university housing at North Carolina State University. She served as the director of academic excellence at North Carolina A&T State University. On April 1, 2020, Candia-Bailey became the first vice president of student affairs and chief diversity officer at Elms College.

Personal life Candia-Bailey had married Anthony R. Bailey on January 28, 2012, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Moseley was later cleared by an internal investigative board of any wrongdoing or misconduct and was not linked to the suicide. He returned to his duties at the university. The university was also cleared of any allegation of mistreatment.