Benaye Wadkins Chambers Takes on the Challenges of Hunger and Food Insecurity
Benaye Wadkins Chambers is passionate about making a difference in her community. She was raised in Houston by a single mother working hard to make ends meet. Her own personal experience with food insecurity provides deep meaning to her mission of finding solutions for others going through difficult times. With her background in diabetes and mental health crisis intervention, education, and health organizations, she is combining her life and work experience to make an impact as President and CEO of Crossroads Community Services. She leads a progressive group that takes a unique and well-researched approach to the complex challenges of hunger and food insecurity. Dallas, usually perceived as an affluent city, shockingly ranks 47% above the national average in these areas. Through her leadership role at Crossroads, Benaye is determined to change that statistic and provide people who are experiencing hunger and food insecurity with life-changing solutions.