More About Carmelia

Meet Carmelia, the Founder and CEO of Let's Unite LLC.

Hello, my name is Carmelia (Car-ma-lee-a) and I want to help heal our hurting world. 

Before we jump into the deep stuff like my opinions on suffering, addiction, love, hate, politics and religion, I'll start with something a bit lighter.

At the time of starting Let's Unite LLC in the year of 2024, I am 34 years old and living in Texas.  I was born and raised in Wisconsin (Yes, I do like cheese but I did not live on a farm).  I have one cat and one dog.  I love being outdoors and find mountains, coasts, and wildlife fascinating! In my free time you can find me biking, hiking, and dancing! (Oh, and doing Yoga, because things change once you hit your thirties!)

Since I was very young, I've had a desire to help others and to defend them from anything that might bring them harm.  I was raised by two divorced parents who did the best they could given their own life circumstances.  I am the oldest of 4 and my personality reflects that!  I went to college and earned a B.S. in Health and Physical Education. 

I began my career working as a wellness consultant, and loved helping others help themselves.  I did however, also need to make more money, and for those in the "helping" industry, know those two things don't often go hand-in-hand!  I worked for several years as s director of wellness at a full-continuum care senior living facility and enjoyed that very much, until the global pandemic of Covid-19.  I took a hike (literally) and ended up moving to Texas to pursue a relationship that resulted from it. 

I worked for a year in pediatric home-health administration, serving amazing nurses and medically fragile children.  What I learned from being a “helper of the helpers” is that the healthcare and insurance game is very broken.  So I worked for two years as a project manager for a company that’s taking an innovative approach to make healthcare more affordable and accessible for others!  It was a much needed "break" from direct patient/person care.  As a "small town girl" I felt fancy going to work in a sparkly high rise building downtown.

At the end of 2023, everything changed. 

I was hacked on every platform imaginable and unable to use any of my technological devices, I could not call for help when I needed it most.  I will keep it at that, because the result is still the same, and that's the important part.  The details could fill a book (one that I plan to finish someday).  In summary, I experienced the depths of fear I could not have imagined before, but through Divine intervention, found Faith so unwavering, I'm forever changed.

Through that experience, and the overwhelming feeling that I had "everything taken from me", I had time to sit back and redefine what "everything" really meant to me. 

I have learned that the foundation I build within myself, through the strength of a Higher Power (that I call God), and that foundation cannot be taken from me.  I wake up and remind myself what I'm grateful for, before checking my phone.  I've gotten off social media, and have chosen to learn the names of my neighbors.  I have learned to be fulfilled by the smile of a stranger, because I chose to say hello to them and not cross the street before passing them. 

I've come to realize that we're operating as individual silos in a field full of silos and that many people are suffering, in different ways, because of that.  We are less inclined to ask for help these days, even when we really need it.  I believe we need to work together, because we all need help and we all need to be a helper.  I think Bill Withers summed it up well with these lyrics:

"Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...

For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on

Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow

For no one can fill
Those of your needs that you won't let show

You just call on me brother (or sister) when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on"

I hope that you'll join me on this mission, and together we can make the world a better place to be, for everyone...

one thought,

one conversation,

and one person at a time.