La’Kisha recently returned to be a volunteer at Hope because as a young girl she often joined Hope’s original hospitality house for community dinners. It “was more than a place for me to go…it’s where I felt safe.”
Today as a volunteer tutor for Hope, La’Kisha is fulfilling a promise she made to Hope’s founder – a promise to give back to the community. “Community,” La-Kisha expresses, “is where family, spirituality and the individual come together as a whole.”
La’Kisha lives with her family in the Phillips neighborhood. She volunteers with Hope’s Learning in Community – her daughters are participants in the program.