Souraya Christine

Souraya was raised in a relatively low-income household, by
a single mother, with one younger sister. Originally from Cleveland, OH, she
lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and has resided in Las Vegas, NV since
2003. She endured a lot of trauma early in life, and throughout her early
adulthood. It was during these times that she would often ask God exactly how
strong she needed to be because it seemed as if the blows kept coming without
any time for a breath in between. Throughout school, although "gifted"
academically, she experienced many problems stemming from the traumatic events
in her life, including drugs and alcohol, promiscuity, associating with the
wrong people, near death experiences, and becoming a single parent herself at
age 16. She used these experiences to fuel her love for writing. She began
writing poetry and short stories early in school, and even had the divine
opportunity to be introduced to Maya Angelou in elementary school.

Through many more traumatic and dramatic events, including
two failed marriages, she is now the proud single parent of 3 children. One daughter
age 20, who graduated with high honors, works and goes to college full-time; another daughter, a high school freshman, and
well on her way to living a very productive life; and a six year old son just
starting school and learning who he is. Souraya is not proud of the events of
her life, but she feels truly blessed to have lived the life she did, because
to this credit, she has been led to a fulfilling relationship with God, and the
opportunity to use these events to help others through this book. She is currently
in the process of releasing her first book, entitled "When is Strong – Strong
Enough....How to Push Through the Pain", that chronicles the events that shaped
her life. In addition to working full-time and being a single parent, she is
working toward finishing her Bachelor's Degree, owns and operates a phlebotomy