North Texas native Tanisha Edwards is the founder of Edwards Housing, a nonprofit dedicated to helping those in need of a place to live, a cause especially close to her heart.
Edwards told NBC DFW, "This idea started with me and my father. I was homeless in my teenage years. From sleeping in bathrooms and relocation to DFW. My father was a Vietnam Veteran, and he didn't get a lot of the services that he needed to get."
Edwards started the housing project in 2020 but has been doing this work since 2012. In that time, she's helped house more than 500 people, have helped 10,000 others with feeding and other services, and provided on-site and on the job training for many living in their housing system.
Her work has been noticed by many, including Dallas-native and former NFL player LaTarence Dunbar-Bey, who is the chairman and founder of LED 360, an organization that works to provide education and on the job training for student athletes and more.
Through the organization, Dunbar-Bey invited several groups from across the country to the Super Bowl this year as a thank you for their efforts in their communities, and Edwards Housing was chosen as one of them!
Super Bowl LVI will be played in Los Angeles on February 13, 2022!
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