Together we are of one mind and heart...
Individually we speak our minds and express our hearts.
Together Karla and Roosevelt built a family that serves the Lord and serves their community. They have two teenage children, Naomi and Roosevelt III. Naomi is in college majoring in Entrepreneurship with a specialization in leadership. Roosevelt III is a high school student.
Our Stories
Karla
After graduating from Texas Tech University, Karla earned her teaching certificate and began her career as an elementary music teacher in the Dallas Independent School District. She also sang for Grammy award-winning Gospel recording artists Kirk Franklin, CeCe Winans, Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Crystal Lewis, Willie Neal Johnson, John P. Kee, Alvin Slaughter, Tamela Mann, and Michael Buble’. She's traveled the world and ministered to diverse audiences in music. During her travels, she had the opportunity to sing on the Jay Leno Show, Soul Train, the Stellar Awards, and the Billy Graham Crusade with Kirk Franklin.
Roosevelt
Roosevelt majored in Education while attending Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Virginia, on a football scholarship. After graduating he realized his life-long dream of playing professional football. However, his football career was quickly halted due to an injury and he found himself executing his “back-up plan” of teaching and coaching. He initially spent a successful period of time with Dallas Independent School District and from there he found his way to campus leadership positions with the Lancaster Independent School District.