The Volunteering Page of Daniel Huff

For the past 11 years, Tanisha has worked for the Department of Family and Children Services, currently serving as a Program Administrator for Food Stamps and Family Medicaid assisting families with their basic needs of survival. She gave birth to 2 boys, but in 2015, her oldest Dominic passed away in his sleep at the age of 25. She and her younger son Aidan walked through this tragedy together and learned to appreciate the small things life brings. 19-year-old Aidan is a student at Kennesaw State University majoring in Industrial Systems Engineering.

Tanisha rents space in the home of a high school friend, but most of her belongings are in storage. Despite having a stable career, good credit, and qualifying for a VA mortgage loan, Tanisha has struggled to find an affordable home to purchase. She and Aidan feel displaced without a place of their own to gather during holidays and school breaks when Aidan isn’t staying in the dorms at KSU.

Originally from San Francisco, CA, Tanisha has lived in Japan, Washington DC, and Guam due to her mother’s career in the Navy. She then joined the Army which took her to Kentucky, Korea, and finally Georgia. Now, this US Veteran is building a new home in Douglasville so that she and her son Aidan can have a permanent place to call home.