Category: bio

I graduated with a BS in Home Economics-Food Nutrition, my first job was as a Dietician at Victory Lake Nursing Home in Hyde Park, NY. Quickly discovering dietetics was NOT for me, I went to Washington, DC, and worked at Howard University Hospital as an admin. asst. for 1 yr.

December 1976, we were married and went to Pine Forge Academy where Charles and I worked for 9 yrs. Our first child, Marwan, was born in 1981.

We moved to lead church schools in Wilmington, DE and Memphis, TN, my father’s hometown. I enjoyed being near family. Our second child, Omari, was born in 1986. I was an Interior Decorator and established my company, Three Solutions. I provided private piano lessons to100+ students, presented health seminars and served as pianist for two churches. After our marriage terminated, I stayed in Memphis for 27 yrs.

In 2008, I moved to Huntsville, Al. I was Research Asst. in the E.G. White Estates at Oakwood University, then Admin. Asst. to Dr.’s Baker and Pollard for 7 yrs. Currently– I am the Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving.

Marwan is married to Leah Miller; they live in Laurel, MD with my “grand dogs”, Float and Diesel. Omari lives in Los Angeles, CA. Both of my sons are graduates of Oakwood.

I’m enjoying traveling and getting ready for my FIRST cruise in October.

I’ve survived cancer and multiple heart breaks, but God has bountifully blessed me.

How to capture 50 years in 200 words–leave out all the stuff you don’t ever want your parents to know! I’ll begin with our highly anticipated graduation day in 1975.  Like many, I wasn’t quite sure what to do with myself or my BA in English so I applied to graduate school at the University of Maryland to get a masters in Journalism—even though my heart and interest were always healthcare.  Confusion quickly set in and after six months I took a job in Human resources at Washington Adventist Hospital.  Good experience–but not satisfying. 

Fast forward…married an OB-GYN and worked as Office Manager while raising the two young loves of my life, Lauren and Allen. Fast forward…that marriage failed; but my interest in health care grew. After five years of self-discovery (including the stuff you don’t ever want your parents to know) I married again to someone who made me feel like he was the one and together our spiritual lives blossomed. My journey from Office Manager to working for two large health care management companies was the start of an exciting and satisfying career that took me from Utilization Management to Account Manager to Medical Compliance Specialist and Auditor; and when I got bored with that, God paved the way for me to transfer to the Legal Department as Director of Risk Management.  Research and combing through tons of medical documents throughout my career not only satisfied my thirst for health care knowledge—administrative as well as medical—it allowed me to satisfy my interest in writing with every position. 

So here I am, 50 years after graduation with a career that I love with an employer that allowed me to take my job from California to Huntsville to live close to Mom.  So grateful God has had my back every step of the way—even when I was doing stuff I don’t ever want my parents to know.