Dr. Rosalind Y. Tompkins

Rosalind Y. Lewis Tompkins’ whose moniker is Hopeologist, received her formal education at Florida State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Social Work. Upon graduation she worked various capacities in the field and then founded Mothers In Crisis, Inc. in 1991. She received an honorary Doctorate of Humanities Degree from the Five-Fold Ministry Theological University in 2012 recognizing her as a Humanitarian for the work that she has done to end drug and alcohol addiction and to relieve the suffering of families afflicted by the disease of addiction through her work with Mothers In Crisis. Dr. Tompkins was instrumental in getting April designated the National Month of Hope. In keeping with her humanitarian call, Dr. Tompkins has traveled around the globe to many countries in East, West, Central, Southern, and South Africa, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Turkey, to spread hope to those most in need, i.e., widows, orphans, and refugees.