ABOUT ME

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Children have always been my passion and career. This passion has led me to teaching and serving vulnerable children of the inner cities of St. Louis and Los Angeles to rural Tennessee, Atlanta, El Salvador and the island of Cebu, Philippines. 

My career started at age 19, in the inner cities of St. Louis, Missouri. For a decade, there, I ministered to vulnerable children and co-founded the well known anti-abuse, gang and drug program, “Drugbusters.” Throughout the years, this program educated hundreds of families and empowered kids to report abuse, stick together and resist drug use and sales. 

I became licensed in Christian Education, worked as an elementary school teacher, daycare director, school chaplain and 30 years as a children’s pastor and family ministries director.

Most recently, I became frustrated with the lack of education, training, resources and   support available to parents with vulnerable children. Help is available for the children, but often times not for the parents.

I decided to become certified in Parent and Family Coaching through the John Maxwell Group and Dr. Deborah Tillman and trained as an Enneagram coach for parents. I now teach parenting workshops and classes that empower parents to do family better. 

Additionally, Michael, my husband of 24 years, and our 2 biological sons became a foster family. Over the years, many children came through foster care and went back to their families; however, with no family to return to, we adopted 2 of those foster children and then a ‘bonus’ daughter, who joined our family at age 18 after having been estranged from her first family. My husband served the senior pastor at Mountain West Church in Tucker, Georgia for the past 18  years where we've been raising our 5 children.   

As  of  January  2022  my 3  adult  children  are  on  their  own  and  thriving,  my  two  younger  children  have  moved  with  us  to  Tennessee  as  we  prepare  to  become  missionaries  later  this  year.