Mental Health Advocate QueenAfi Gaston stops by Good Deeds w/ Dr. Renee Sunday

Good Deeds presents QueenAfi (Ah'phee) Gaston.She was born in Washington D.C. to Henry Gaston & Altoria Gaston. Gaston currently works for Domestic Violence Wears Many Tags Organization and the Federal Government. Gaston has obtained her Associates Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from American Intercontinental, Hoffman IL.,currently working on her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Capella University, Minneapolis Minnesota. Gaston has volunteered for Child Advocate for Abused & Neglected Children in PG County, theCalvary & Pathways Women’s Shelter in Washington D.C. and the Women’s Correctional Facility in Jessup MD. Gaston serves as the coordinator for the Domestic Violence Program for the church.Gaston is a motivational speaker on domestic violence, a DV awareness advocate, and with this passion she offers in person session for the community, churches and or schools to further promote her cause. In 2009 she founded the organization called “Domestic Violence Wears Many Tags”. DVWMT is a local domestic violence prevention and resource organization dedicated to restoring and preserving a stable family environment through services, advocacy and education. Gaston spends her time advocating against domestic violence not only to the abused but also to the abuser, both men and women. Her life experience has given her the courage and strength to tell her story and how she has changed her life around and started helping others become aware of DV and how to avoid becoming the victim and/ or abuser.Gaston is the host of “DVWMT an internet talk show” It is important that Gaston gets the word out to as many people as she can so the cycle of abuse can be broken.