Painting With A Purpose

528 North Homewood Avenue,Pittsburgh PA 15208

16 July, 2021

Description

Ronna R. Davis is a 43 year old mother of three, whose desire it to reach back and pull others through the same tunnels that she has traveled herself. Ronna grew up in the Hill District and was raised by her grand parents Lula & Lawrenece Miller, at that time she did not know that her grandparents teachings, which she consider out of style, would one day be the foundation that her character was build on. Ronna attended St. Benedict the Moore from 1st-8th grade, Schenely High School and Capa Performing Arts, graduating a year before her original graduation date. Ronna had two children in her early 20's Unique and Richard, and at that time her life begin to take form, disappointments, bad judgement and proverty seemed to plague her life. At 28 years old, Ronna understood what her grandparents had taught her from the age of  nine into early adulthood. "Work hard, Learn what you can and family is always family", her grandmother would say. She took her first step of many to building a future for herself and her children. She began Allegheny County Community College and gradute in 2004 with her Associate Degree in Social Work and a Certificate in Drug and Alcohol Counseling.  She went on to secure her Bachlors in Social Work from Chatham College in 2007. In 2012 she was bless with another child, Donnelle, at this time she had just finshed her Masters Degree in Leadership from Geneva.  Ronna has always had a passion for people, and related to all walks of life, in 2001, she decided that she was going to dedicate her life to helping women who were incarcerated to become free from anything that did not promote proseperity in their lives. She has work in the Social Service Field for over 22 years, serving the East End population as a Social Worker at The Salvation Army. She then moved on to Tadiso Inc. as an Addiction Specialist working with people with a drug addiction. This is when she realized, homelessness and incarceration & drug addiction are all related. It is at that moment she dedicided that just working with woman narrows the mission to improve ones quality of life. Za'kiyah House was born, to assist people who suffer from any crisis that effects the growth and propersity of mankind. Today Ronna still works as an Addiction Counselor for Alliance Medical Services, while pursuing her mission, to reach back and help as many people as she can to self suffiency. Za'kiyah House is not just a building, it is a branch for the broken, to connect to resources which will enable them to live their life more abundately.  It is  for those who are counted out to REST, REGROUP and REENAGE once they are strong enough to do so. Za'kiyah House represent that cocoon that is not ready to bloom into a butterfly, but wait, because when it does it's the most amazing creature alive, just look at Ronna!