About The Founder!

Rolanda Macharia, was born in Detroit, Michigan, raised in Los Angeles, California and moved to McKinney Texas in 2005. She is married to James Macharia, a native of Nairobi Kenya. She has 5 adult children and 17 grandchildren.

Rolanda has worked at Bank of America, mortgage dept in management for 18 years, she has been a board member for North Central Texas Workforce Solutions for 6 years, and is the President and Founder of L.I.F.T. R&R, a 501c3 Non Profit Organization that provides resources and referrals to those in need.

She is the Facilitator of Getting Ahead classes in McKinney Texas for the past 3 years, a Sunday school Youth Teacher at F.G.F.D.T. Church in McKinney Texas and a public speaker. She contributes any success she has experienced, to a saving grace and a loving heavenly father. Her greatest achievements are her children and the bond they have fostered for one another.