A baby boomer who was born and educated in Baltimore, Genna Sapia Ruffin has risen from being a former victim of domestic violence to a passionate advocate of the cause.

In 1964, she met David Ruffin of The Temptations in nearby Annapolis. That was the day that she came face-to-face with destiny. In a few months--and at his urging--she moved to his town of Detroit to be with him. A few years later, they became the parents of his only son. Thus, although it was in Maryland that she was born and educated, it was in Detroit that she was raised and schooled. Her abusive and confusing childhood had been far from idyllic, but was nothing compared to what lay ahead in Michigan.

Having kept a diary for years--and no longer able to resist the drive to do so—in 1991 she began the painstaking job of gathering, organizing and chronicling the scribbled notes of her chaotic life. In 2002, her book entitled “A Memoir: David Ruffin--My Temptation” was ultimately published. Then with the salvation of her soul through Christ in 2004 in conjunction with the later discovery of important information about David's childhood, she was inspired to revise and complete that story in “Delivered From Temptation”, published in 2010.

As an advocate for domestic violence, she now strives to raise awareness on the subject and use her past experiences to inspire and encourage people who find themselves touched in some way by this plaque on society. This is where her passion lies and her attention is focused. She is available to speak in halls, auditoriums, prisons, churches, schools--anywhere that has hopes of saving someone from the destruction that ignorance in parenting and in drug use inevitably brings. www.gennaruffin.com