Title: 1) Associate Professor, Director of Social Work 2) Clinical Social Worker (Retired)
Company: 1) Texas College 2) U.S. Air Force Medical Corps
Location: Quitman, Texas, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- Addie E. McFarland Foundation Inc. (co-founder, vice president)
- Andrews Behavioral Health (president, board member, chair)
- East Texas Association of Black Social Workers Inc. (founder, president, board member)
- East Texas Association of Veteran Warriors (board member)
- Grace Community Health Care Ministry (co-founder, former board member)
- L. C. Gregory Community Recreation Center (former board member)
- Landmark Society (board member)
- Mineola Historical Society (board member)
- Mineola Landmark Commission (board member)
- National African American Historical Society
- National Association of Black Social Workers (pioneer)
- National Association of Social Workers
- Order of the Eastern Star
- San Francisco State University
- Texas College of Social Workers (adviser)
- UNITE (co-founder, former vice president, former assistant director)
- United States Air Force (second lieutenant, former clinical social worker)
- University of California Berkeley
- Women’s Federation (honorary member)
- Wood County African American Historical Society (co-founder, former board member, former secretary)
- Wood County Historical Society (board member)
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2026)
- Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2021)
- Inductee, Top Professionals of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2020, 2021)
- Honoree, Who’s Who of Professional Women, Marquis Who’s Who (2026, 2022)
- Featured Member, Marquis Millennium Magazine, Marquis Who’s Who (2026)
- Recipient, President Lifetime Achievement Award, President Joseph R. Biden Jr., The White House (2024)
- Recipient, President’s Volunteer Service Award, President Joseph R. Biden Jr., The White House (2024)
- Recipient, Personalized Certificate of Achievement, President Joseph R. Biden Jr., The White House (2024)
- Recipient, Signed Letter, President Joseph R. Biden Jr., The White House (2024)
- Recipient, Gold Medallion, President Joseph R. Biden Jr., The White House (2024)
- Recipient, Personalized Crystal Round Paper Weight, President Joseph R. Biden Jr., The White House (2024)
- Recipient, Recognition Awards, United States Navy, Secretary of the Air Force, President of the United States, and Service Biomedical Force
- Honoree, Recognition for Community Service