IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Dolmecia Fleming is the Founder of Angels of Destiny. She motivates, empowers, and inspires girls in the community. Her mentorship and outreach program improves the self-esteem of girls between the ages of 8 of 21 years old.
with back to school supplies, uniforms, and various hairstyles. Our overarching goal is to be a beacon of hope in the lives of young girls in communities; not only in our community, but across the border.
Wow, that is amazing. So is it a nonprofit organization? Yes, that is correct. We are a faith-based nonprofit organization, where donors can make tax-deductible donations. We also accept in-kind donations.
So let’s just get right into it. Tell us about Angels of Destiny. Angels of Destiny was founded in 2014 by myself and my late cousin Angela Hogan. Angela passed away in 2015 from a rare disease. I was very discouraged and no longer wanted to run on with the vision. Until I was reminded that He who has begun a great work in you will finish it. I knew I had to run on and continue with what we started. We started by servicing only five girls a year in our local community. In 2019, it has grown to where we can serve hundreds of girls each and every year
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Awesome. So when you do outreach events in the community, what kind of results are you seeing from the young girls that you are servicing? Some of the most significant results that we are seeing is the girls are coming in and really being empowered. Their selfesteem is truly being increased. They are learning to know, and come into who they really are, which is one of our primary focus. We have a session that we call “Hour of Empowerment,” and in this session, we are setting our girls up and
preparing our girls to excel. We are seeing a tremendous outcome with these girls. One of the most prominent changes that we see is they walk in boldly with their heads up, knowing who they are and whose they are.
Wow, that is powerful! Tell me a little about what made you want to start Angels of Destiny? I came from a very disadvantaged background and when I say disadvantaged I mean I grew up in a broken household. My parents suffered from drug addictions. I have experienced many disadvantages from being homeless, hungry and not having my basic needs met. I can remember when I was only 10 years old, I would always say, “Oh I can’t wait until I get grown because I never want another young girl to experience what I am going through.” I would always say, “When I get older, I am going to be rich, and I am going to be able to help other young girls.” I did not know that it did not take me to be rich, to be able to pour into and empower young girls.
