GoodHeart | Jamaican Women of Florida lend helping hands to Melody House
July 4, 2026
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Giving back is second nature for United States resident chiropractor Dr Venessa Walker. “My mother was a registered nurse at Cornwall Regional Hospital, and my dad is a pastor, so it runs in my blood,” observed the Jamaican-born physician who migrated as a nine-year-old from Mount Salem, St James to settle in the ‘Sunshine State’.
Acts of service for her island home have remained top of mind, distance notwithstanding.
As the current president of the Jamaican Women of Florida (JWOF), Walker’s philanthropic efforts have focused on improving the lives of wards of State at the Montego Bay Community Home for Girls.
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