Paying it Forward

Marilyn Ellison-Echols

Black-and-white portrait of Marilyn Ellison-Echols with her daughter Alanya, seated closely together and smiling

My daughter Alanya was a bright, beautiful young woman with a wonderful future ahead of her.

She was an educated young woman, a radio personality, an actress and a poet looking forward to publishing her first book, ‘Lullabies for the Soul’.

But in 2017, she unexpectedly took her life. She had it well planned and her family had no clues to her intentions. Countless people were, are and will always be ffected by her untimely death.

In her honor, memory and legacy I made sure ‘Lullabies for the Soul’ got published.

I also started a new nonprofit organization called, ‘Lullabies for the Soul’. https://www.lullabies4thesoul.org/

This organization was founded in memory of my daughter, Alanya Echols. The goal of the nonprofit organization is to provide, awareness, education and services.