In a world that seems to thrive on judging others, it can be so easy to put on a mask and hide ourselves away. But you need to have more faith in the goodness of others and, most importantly, yourself than that. In fact, when you start embracing who you are, brokenness and all, you start to grow. This is what DonTasia Jackson believes in, and her walk with God shows that the moment she embraced her brokenness is the moment she also found inner peace and joy. In this episode, DonTasia sits down with Haseena Shaheed-Jackson to share the journey of being true to herself, which eventually led to her being more open to embracing others and helping them experience our true and living God. DonTasia’s mission is to help create and build safe communities for women. She serves in multiple organizations, including WIVES (Women Interested in Valuing and Encouraging our Spouses), Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporate, Prayer Women Network and the Women’s Leader Network. Join today’s conversation and see how unconditionally loved we all are under God’s undying and steadfast love. Know that we are all broken; by accepting that, we let God in and discover the calling He has for us.
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Embracing Our Brokenness: Loving Ourselves As God Loves Us With DonTasia Jackson
DonTasia, thank you so much for being on another episode of the show. I’m excited to have my cousin. We tease. We’re not really related, but we are related because we always will be sisters no matter what. Thank you for being here with me.
Thank you for having me. I appreciate the opportunity.
We’re going to dive right in because you have a story to tell. I want you to share your story. When we met, how long has it been?
Maybe a few years. I don’t really remember how we met. Do you remember?
It was some event and we immediately clicked. We have been talking ever since, and I thank you for that.
Thank you. That must mean a good thing because when you can’t remember how you met someone, it must be a great meeting. I don’t remember. I’m going to have to really think about that.
I’m going to have to pick my brain, too. I ask you to give me three adjectives. If someone said three adjectives that describe who DonTasia is, what would those three adjectives be?
One would be loyal, dedicated, and industrious.
I like that, industrious. What does industrious mean? Please add to that one because that is something new.
Industrious is very hardworking. It means that I’m going to roll up my sleeves. No job is above my pay grade. I’m going to do whatever it takes. I try to find solutions. I don’t try to harp over who went wrong or what went wrong. Sometimes, I want to know the why so then I can understand how to get to the end result, but it’s not really that important to me. That’s how I became industrious because I’m hardworking in all that I do.
We need this out here. You are a mother of two, correct?
I am a mother of three. I have a bonus child.
Thank you. How do you see yourself? What do you see when you look in the mirror?
I see myself as someone who is funny and who likes to make people laugh. At the end of the day, life is too short to be harping over, complaining a lot, or dealing with your everyday situations. When I come in contact with people, I want to see them smile. That’s who I am. After my mom passed, I called myself a wannabe comedian. I try to crack jokes a lot and make people laugh. When they come around me, they are going to have a good time. We’re going to laugh. We’re going to have fun. That’s who I see myself as when I look in the mirror.
I look in the mirror and I see someone that’s going to get the job done. You can rely on me. Things happen so I’m not going to say I don’t drop the ball, but that’s very seldom. It had to have happened for me to drop the ball like that. As I said with the three adjectives, I’m loyal and very dedicated. I take my relationships seriously and I like to communicate.
The reason why I asked you about identity is because I know that a lot of times, we put on masks. We cocoon ourselves or do things that hide the true person that we are. That’s difficult because we don’t want to appear to be vulnerable. We don’t want to be judged. We need to be affirmed.
I could speak on that because I’m very transparent. I struggle with that a lot because a lot of people don’t like that. They don’t like the transparency. I like to be upfront with people. I hope we never get to a point in our life where we have a disagreement, but I’m not going to let that disagreement fester. I’m going to come to you and say, “Can we talk?”
A lot of people feel like that’s in your face and confrontational. I don’t like those words being used when you’re talking about me because that’s not my goal when I approach people. I’m not approaching you to be confrontational. I’m not approaching you to want to fight you. I’m approaching you because there may be a misunderstanding that we need to clear up. I want to make sure that we can be in each other’s space in order to do that.
I would like to add, too, that I am very transparent. I don’t put on a mask. What you see is what you get. A lot of people don’t like that, and I don’t know why. That’s a part of me that sometimes I wish I could change because I have a lot of friends who are not as transparent as I am. They’re fine. They don’t talk about what’s going on in their life a lot. They’re not as transparent.
If you sit me down long enough, I’ll tell you my whole life story because I want you to know who you’re dealing with. If you want to be in my space, you are going to, be my friend. You know what you’re going to get. You know who I am. You know what I’m expecting in a friendship. A lot of people don’t do that. That’s their prerogative, but I don’t like when I’m transparent and how that comes off to be confrontational in some aspects.
You have been married for many years. I know that we spoke a little bit about how you’re about to make a change in your life. Fifteen years is a long time to be in a relationship, and then you find out that you need to go in another direction. Would you elaborate on that? How did you come about making that decision? Was it God? You are a woman of faith. You have been in the church at Victory since 2010. You are even teaching a woman’s Bible study class. How did you come about making the decision that it was time to move on from a marriage after fifteen years?
Listening to the voice of God is challenging for us all. I had to really listen to him. There had been a lot of times throughout those fifteen years that I don’t think I was listening, but I came to a point with prayer and fasting that I submitted to his will. It’s challenging. Listening to the voice of God, being under his will and his lordship, and being obedient to him is different for everyone. For me, it took a very long time. I got to a point where God told me it was time.
If nobody knows anything about me, they know, or I hope they will know, that I’m obedient to God. It may not look like something that I should be doing or something to the natural eye and the flesh that God wants me to do, but I know deep down in my heart that I heard from God. God told me to move and to move in this direction.
It’s challenging, scary, and hard, but God didn’t say it was going to be easy. I keep telling myself, “God is with you.” Even every step of the way, I have to keep telling myself, “God is with me, so don’t be afraid.” “Fear not,” or, “Don’t be afraid,” is in the Bible 365 times. I believe that it’s in there because it’s 365 days a year. Every day, he is telling us and reminding us to not be afraid.
You go through stages. I went through a final stage where I felt like God was telling me, “Put your big girl panties on. It is time for you to start choosing yourself and not putting everybody else first. It’s time for you to make a choice to choose you.” I wasn’t doing that. I was doing what I thought everybody wanted me to do. I was doing what I thought marriage looked like.
I was doing what people were telling me to do. I would talk to people and they would say, “You shouldn’t do XYZ.” I would be like, “You’re right,” because to some degree, I’m a people pleaser and I want everyone to be happy with me. I don’t want anybody upset with me. If someone is upset with me, it really hurts my heart. That’s a weakness of mine. People take that kindness that I have for my weakness. They take it for granted. They walk over me. I become a doormat until I get tired, and it takes a long time for me to get tired. When I get tired, God hardens my heart. I can get very stubborn. When it’s over, it’s over. I don’t recover well from that.
This journey has been challenging for me, but on the upside of it, I’m making a choice. It is everyone’s choice to be where they are. God is going to guide you and protect you. He’s going to lead the way, but you have to be in tune with him. Your mind, your body, and your soul have to be in tune with him. If it’s not, if it’s out of whack, things are going to go in a different direction. When you align your will with God, he will direct you.
It's everyone's choice to be where they are, and God is going to guide and protect you. Share on XWhen he told me when I was praying and when it came to, “It’s time,” He told me to file for a divorce. I don’t know what that looks like. I don’t know what the end result is going to be, but that’s what he told me to do, and that’s what I did. I even had somebody to tell me, “God didn’t tell you to do that,” but he did. I told that person, “I can’t help you to understand that. It is not my responsibility to get you to understand what God told me because that’s my relationship with God. You have your own relationship with God and it may not look like that.”
I hope you don’t get a whole lot of letters from this show of people writing in and telling you, “She doesn’t know what she talking about.” I have that relationship with God. It’s my journey. That’s exactly what he told me. I don’t know what it looks like because I always come up with a lifetime story. I have several different lifetime stories going on in my head about how this can work out. He told me to file for a divorce. My husband did tell me that when I did that and he got served, it was a wake-up call for him.
You have said so much. Before we go down the road, wait a minute because that is interesting. I like that spin because it seems to me that sometimes, God makes you go down in order for you to go up. It sounds like that might be where we’re going. Let’s go back to something. You said two things, and then we’ll go back. The readers are going to have to be on the edge for that part right there.
You used a term, and I call it me-centric, when we start thinking about ourselves. A lot of times, when we are a wife, a mother, and working, we lose sight of ourselves and in taking care of ourselves. Let’s say you become an empty nester. You look at yourself and you’re thinking, “I’ve neglected myself for 30 or 40 years,” but you have woken up earlier than that and said, “I need to take care of myself. This is about me.” People feel ashamed and guilty for doing that. Did you have that concern? What made you finally take that turn to say, “I do need to focus on myself?”
My brokenness made me decide to get more in tune with God. It shifted me to start focusing on myself. It wasn’t easy. I went through the mommy guilt. I went through the wife guilt. I was like, “Am I doing the right thing?” It’s a constant battle in my head. I have to talk to myself constantly. I pray and ask God, “This is what you told me to do. Why am I feeling this way? Why am I feeling guilty about going to take some time to go on a trip?”
I have not been on a trip by myself and I told a couple of my friends where I try to be a comedian. My girlfriend said, “Are you still going on a trip?” I said, “I am thirsty for a trip. I don’t care who goes. I don’t care who drops out. If I have to go and it’s just you and I, we’re going on this trip.” She started laughing. I said, “I am so thirsty for a trip that I do not care where we go or who we go with.” That was the shift or the spin for me to start thinking about myself.
I started doing the things that I like to do. I started doing things that I’d never done before. I’m on this journey of one-hit-wonder type thing. I’ll do it one time, and if I don’t like it, then that’s it. If I like it, then maybe I’ll do it again. I’m going to try something at least once so that I can at least say that I tried. That’s the journey that I’m on. It’s all about joy. I’m not trying to do anything that’s going to bring me hardship or malice or be upset. It’s all about joy.
I heard a TikTok one time say, “If we’re not talking about going on a trip, going out to eat, or going to the mall, then we shouldn’t be talking.” I’m on that page as far as my journey is concerned. I love being in seminary school because I love reading about God, his word, and his gospel and sharing it with others. I feel through my life and my journey, that’s what I’m focusing on.
That’s what’s powerful. That’s what we need to understand. If you are healthy inside, then you can be healthy around you. The others will reap the benefits. That’s all what it’s about. You have to be filled with that inner peace and joy in order to in turn spread joy and peace to others. The other thing is that you said you’re being true to yourself. I love that because it’s hard to be true to yourself. We don’t even want to face our own imperfections.
You used the words earlier, “I had to face my brokenness.” We’re all broken. Every individual is broken. Brokenness only means that once you can face who you are, then you can go before the Lord and see that you are unconditionally loved and you can unconditionally love yourself. You can listen and be obedient to him and do the things that you’re supposed to do around you. That’s the way I take it.
You have to admit your brokenness first. You have to admit those things that are breaking you. It’s hard sometimes to admit it. It’s hard to say, “I sat back and I watched all of this happen. Why did you do that?” It’s hurtful because where you sit now is different from where you sat 20 years ago, 10 years ago, or even 5 years ago. Your eyes are open and it causes you to think, “Why did I do that?”
I know some people even say when they’ve been in a relationship with someone. They may look back and be like, “What did I see in that person? How did we get matched up?” That’s because your eyes have opened over here. Once you do that, you have to admit to yourself, “I made a mistake. I was wrong,” or what made you stop and allow this to happen to you. You have to let it out. You have to surrender yourself to God.
This is not surrendering yourself to man. It’s not about being on this show and surrendering to you and how things made you feel. It’s about surrendering to God because he wants your heart. If you’re keeping that protected, he can’t get in and work on you. I had to first admit that I was broken and I had to face those things that were breaking me. It was hard.
What were a few of the things that were breaking you? Please share that. Sometimes, people don’t know what’s breaking them. What was it that you discovered?
I discovered in the piece that I was telling you that I share a lot of grace and mercy for people. If you come to me and say, “I want a second chance. I’m sorry,” I take you for your word. I don’t look at you as if you’re lying to me, but in all retrospect, that’s what some people do. They lie. They don’t tell the truth. They don’t look you in your face. They’re not being transparent. It was hard for me to sit and watch this happen. When I look back at it, I’m like, “You that this person was not being truthful to you. You knew this. You had even talked to God about this. He had already told you what to do and you went back to that anyway.” That was all me. I had to fess up to that.
God has been walking on this journey with me all along. He’s been showing me things and has been telling me things, but I’m like, “I don’t know if that was God.” I would listen to people and talk to people. They’d say, “I don’t know if God is telling you that,” and I’d be like, “You’re right.” God has been walking with me all along. Why can’t I listen to him? Why wasn’t I listening to him? I had to admit it because I wanted what I wanted.
To make a prime example, I wanted to be married above everything. I wanted a family. I wanted to be married. That’s it. That was my goal. Anything that God was telling me to do or whatever, I wasn’t listening. I wasn’t listening because my goal and my dream was to be married. That overshadowed everything that was going on.
Some of the things that were going on in the marriage were not beneficial to you and him. Instead of addressing those things, you allowed them to keep layering themselves over the years.
I keep sweeping it up under the rug.
I want to let the audience know we’re not in any way being negative towards her spouse. All this thing is really talking about how she aligned herself with God and asking him for direction. We’re going to move to that. You said you served him with the divorce papers. That might not be the end because it’s the law of elevation. Sometimes, you have to give up something in order to go higher. It sounds like, to me, that he has to give up a few things and you have to give up a few things in order for you guys to come back together to go higher.
I’d like to speak on that. Sometimes, you have to fail in order to win. Sometimes, you have to fall in order to get up and do it right again. That’s where we are. We are still on that journey. I’m still hearing the voice of God. I’m still being obedient to him. All I heard God say is, “File for a divorce.” I don’t know what that’s going to look like at the end of the spectrum. I don’t know if it’s going to look like how I tell lifetime stories to myself or if that’s going to be his wake-up call.
Sometimes, you have to fail in order to win. Sometimes, you have to fall in order to get up and do it right again. Share on XI don’t know if that’s going to mean that he’s going to do everything that he is supposed to do that God is telling him to do so that he can align with God the way he’s supposed to so that we can be a family that is under God’s lordship. I remember when we were building our home. I came over here to pray. I asked God to make this home a home that he is proud of. Sometimes, to get us to that point, we have to fail in order to win. I don’t know what this is going to look like, but I’m going to be obedient to God.
What comes to mind with me is the story of Isaac and Abraham. God said, “Take your son. It’s going to be a sacrifice.” Abraham took his son up the mountain and the son said, “What’s the sacrifice?” His father said, “God will provide you.” All he said was, “God will provide.” I think about it in your situation here. God said, “File for the divorce,” but I see that it’s a sacrifice in order for him to provide. He had you do this so that both of you guys could admit to your brokenness so that you could come back together to be better.
That’s a good Bible story. I could only imagine Abraham walking with his son, knowing what he was supposed to do that God had told him to do. That’s hard that you were supposed to sacrifice your son. He was like, “This is my only son. What am I supposed to do?” I could imagine what he was going through, the agony of getting on top of that mountain.
What he was going through is similar to what I feel and I’m going through. It’s hard for me to do that. When God said, “File for divorce,” it took me 30 days because I fasted and prayed. I’m like, “Lord, you’re going to have to send me some confirmation because I know you didn’t tell me to do that.” I’m pretty sure Abraham was going through the same thing. He was like, “Are you serious?” I’m pretty sure he stopped along the way like I did and said, “Lord, is that what we’re doing?” That’s a great story. Look at what God did. He provided. I don’t know. We’re still in the trench of the thing. I don’t know what it’s going to look like.
That’s what I’m saying. It’s not over until God says it’s over. He only told you to do one step. You have to continue to be obedient and listen to him. You and your husband coming together will find out his true will. Thank you for sharing that. Let’s move on. I want to move on to where you said you have a calling because you have that connection to God.
You are pursuing a doctorate in Divinity at some point. You’re getting your Master’s. I’m putting it out there because a doctorate is coming to you. What caused you to go in this direction? How did you know? You’ve been listening to God, but how do you know it’s him talking? Somebody said to you before and they accused you, “How do you know that’s God talking to you? He didn’t tell you to file for that divorce.” How do you know that’s when he’s talking to you?
He gives me joy. He gives me peace. It’s in my heart where I feel his presence. When you said, “God will provide,” I can feel that and I know that without a doubt. He doesn’t give us a plan and doesn’t tell us how it’s going to be laid out, but I know without a doubt this is going to be the end result he’s going to provide. What that looks like in the middle, I don’t know. You have to, every step of the way, walk with him, pray with him, talk to him, and fast with him. Do everything and he is going to line it up with you. It’s the peace and the joy that he gives me.
Even within my calling, I accepted my calling. I’m going to be honest. I’m very transparent. When he is speaking to me sometimes, I’m like, no, “You didn’t say that. I’m not accepting that. You’re not telling me to do that.” I remember when God told me to start a wives’ group. I was like, “Who?” I even knew then. I’m like, “I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to get out of this marriage and you want me to start a wives group? I can’t teach these women anything.”
We were having a conversation. It was like, “I didn’t tell you to teach them anything. I’m not asking you to teach them anything. I’m asking you to start this group.” It was a year later. I fought him on it. I was like, “I got to go in here and act like my marriage is perfect and I’m doing things right. You didn’t call me to do this,” but he kept egging at me.
He gave me the title of this group WIVES, Women Interested in Valuing and Encouraging our Spouses. When he gave me the ma the name, that’s when he and I began on this journey of titles to the point that I love titles. I love to give a good story, a good sermon, or something a good title. I feel like the title is the hook. That’s how he hooked me into starting this WIVES group. I fought him on it because I was like, “Not me. I can’t teach these ladies anything.” He was like, “I’m not asking you to.”
We’ve been going on for ten years, this WIVES group. We have not had any issues. We love one another. We are protective of one another. We talk about some serious issues in our group. We help one another. I tell them all the time if it wasn’t for them, I don’t know where I would be. They helped increase my faith in God. We talk and share a lot. There is no judgment in this group. That’s where we are. That’s how he hooked me. Shortly after that, I started accepting my calling, but I knew all along because I’ve been fighting God all along like, “You are not calling me to do this. I can’t get in front of people and talk.”
The one thing you said that I really want you to expand upon is that when he called you to go into this ministry and form this women’s group for wives, you said, “God, my marriage is not right. My marriage is not perfect.” Nobody’s marriage is perfect either. Let me put that out there.
I didn’t know that because I’m not surrounded by women who are married. I thought my marriage had to be perfect in order for me to say I am a part of or even the head or the lead of this group. I thought it had to be all perfect. He told me to be obedient to him. He was like, “I’m not asking you to be perfect. I’m not asking you to teach these ladies anything.” We teach each other. Trust me.
Women come together to discuss the issues that are going on in their marriage or what’s going on with them. How does it work?
It’s not issues. We talk about everyday situations. We are not bashing our husbands. We are not bashing men. We don’t do that. We come and talk about what’s going on in us and internalizing what’s going on and how we feel. We had someone who was upset because her husband was watering the grass all the time. She said, “Every time I come home, he’s watering the grass to her.” To her, he is watering the grass and all she sees is money coming out of that water hose. That’s all she saw.
I was sitting over there quietly and looking around like, “Hmm.” I then gave my story as far as I was the one always out there watering the grass and we got a very high expensive water bill. She was like, “I bet you it wasn’t as high as ours was.” I said, “How expensive was your water bill?” She was like, and I don’t know the exact, “It was $398.75.” I said, “Try having a water bill of $848 and some cents.” She was like, “Oh.”
When we both shared our similar situations, it made her see things from a different perspective. It made her look at things like, “It isn’t all so bad on my side of the grass because DonTasia is dealing with this.” That’s how we share. I may come up with something to say like, “I didn’t know how we were going to pay this $848 water bill.” Somebody is going to say, “All you have to do is call the water department and set up a payment plan.”
We help each other, and it relieves each other. When you know that you aren’t the only one in the room that has gone through a high, expensive water bill, it makes you feel a little bit better. That’s what we do. There’s no bashing. There’s no, “I don’t want to do this,” or, “My husband is this.” We don’t do that. We talk about our internal issues and what we’re dealing with and seeking help. We are not counselors. Nobody in our group is a counselor, but we try to help each other with the tools that we have used.
To me, it sounds like it is wives helping wives. It is helping us to see from a different perspective. A lot of times, we get stuck in tunnel vision, seeing things one way when there is another way to look at things.
We feel like we are the only ones that’s going through it or we are the only ones that had a high, expensive water bill. She thought that she was the only one. I’m looking at it and I’m like, “I wish I did have your $300 water bill.”
That’s what it’s all about. That’s what would like to see more of us do, to build these communities where we can come together, share, be transparent, be vulnerable, and be open so that we can glean from each other.
As women, we don’t have that space. Where’s our space to do that? We don’t have a space because we have to constantly move, keep things going and in order, and be organized. Where is our space where we can talk about these things and we cannot be judged? That’s the key. We have the platform to do this, but where can we do it and not be judged? Every time you open your mouth and say, “I’m having a challenge with this,” here’s somebody saying, “You should be doing this. Why didn’t you try to do this?” That’s judgment. We do no judgment. That’s our platform.
Women don't have a space because we have to constantly move and keep things going. Share on XI did very quickly an assignment for school. It was about starting my WIVES group. He said, “You should take this a little further because there are a lot of women out here that need that.” We don’t have that platform where we cannot be judged and I don’t know why. Either we’re judging ourselves or there are other women that’s judging us. We clam up and don’t want to talk and be transparent because we don’t want to be judged by our fellow sisters.
I have a question for you. Can anybody join your group?
If you’re a wife, yes.
How can they contact you to get involved in your group?
They can call me. My number is (708) 979- 0831.
Thank you so much for that. It’s so powerful that you have created this environment where women can come together and collaborate. I will put a plug in because I’m starting a women’s group, too. It’s called Women’s Networking Group. It’s for women to come together. We’ll watch a video for 30 minutes. We’ll have some conversation, and then we will have takeaways that we want to do afterward that we are going to do with the information that we learn from each other. That will be one hour.
If you’re interested in being part of my group, you can always email me at HSJacksonBook@Gmail.com. We meet virtually. Our first meeting is on October 25th, 2023. I don’t know if this segment will air before then. I don’t think it will or probably will air after the first meeting. If you are interested in participating in the women’s group, know that you can email me and I will get back in touch with you. It’s all about creating a community for women to come together. This show is not just about women. I do have men on as well. The point is to create a community for us to be able to come together no matter our sex and gender. It is to be able to come together so that we can lift each other up and think that we’re all alone.
I would add, too that in my group, we do activities. Our activities incorporate our husbands. We did one activity where we had to get a puzzle. God gives me these activities. When he gave me this one, I was like, “Lord, they are going to think I am so crazy.” He gave me an activity to do a puzzle. Everybody was to go out and buy a puzzle. It didn’t matter what kind of puzzle it was. It could be a puzzle with 10 pieces, 100 pieces, or 1,000 pieces, whatever was placed on your heart.
We were supposed to work on that puzzle with our husbands. You don’t know how people came back and were talking about communication and how they discovered that their husbands liked puzzles. It gave them a space to talk and do an activity. Those are some of the things that we do. We do an activity with our husbands so that we can stay connected.
That’s so wonderful. Thank you. Our time together has flown past because you have so much to share. I will have you back on for a future segment because I know the ladies are chomping to know, “How did this turn out with the divorce?” We see that the end is really not the end. God told her to put forth that one sacrifice, but he’s saying that he will provide. There is another way. What is the final thought that you want to leave with a woman who maybe is going through what you went through? How can they see differently or get to the other side?
There are a couple of things I want to tell someone. First, it is your choice, and to hang on that. Whatever you choose is your choice. Don’t let anyone make you feel bad, terrible, or that you are less than if you choose one way or another. It’s your choice. Number two, rejoice in hope and be patient to tribulation. That’s in Romans 12:12. You could easily remember that Romans 12:12 is, “Rejoice in hope and patience to tribulation.” Understand that you rejoice. Choose joy. It’s your choice.
Don't let anyone make you feel bad, terrible, or less than if you choose one way or another. It's your choice. Share on XThank you. I appreciate you being on here with me. I know that I will have you back. You have been a wealth of knowledge.
Thank you. It was a great opportunity to be with you. We connected. You make me feel welcome all the time. I’ve never felt judged even when we had our intimate discussions. I never felt that I had to be somebody different and put on a mask. You play a part in making people feel comfortable. I appreciate that and thank you for this opportunity.
Thank you. Stay tuned, everyone, for another segment after this one because we’ll have more. Have a good rest of your week.
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About DonTasia Jackson
To know DonTasia Jackson, is to receive the love, kindness, loyalty and friendship that embraces everyone in a way that they will experience our true and living God. DonTasia’s walk with the Lord is serious. Her walk solidifies her words. DonTasia is an active member at Victory Apostolic Church in Matteson, IL since 2010. She received her calling to ministry in 2017. Her calling moving her to teach Women’s Bible Study and to pursue a Master of Arts in Christian Ministries at Northern Seminary School in Lisle, Illinois. She is not stopping there; she will continue on to obtain her Doctorate in Divinity. DonTasia’s mission is help create and build safe communities for women. She serves in multiple organizations including WIVES (Women Interested in Valuing and Encouraging our Spouses), Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporate, Prayer Women Network and the Women’s Leader Network.
